Bug#240674: xfonts-scalable: postinst error: cannot load default config file

[Christian Guggenberger <christian.guggenberger@physik.uni-regensburg.de>]

On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 00:17, Branden Robinson wrote:
> tag 240674 + help
> retitle 240674 xfonts-scalable: postinst gripes 'fontconfig error: cannot load default config file'
> thanks
> 
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 06:50:59PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > Package: xfonts-scalable
> > Version: 4.3.0-7
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > During installation the following error was shown:
> > Setting up xfonts-scalable (4.3.0-7) ...
> > fontconfig error: cannot load default config file
> > fontconfig error: cannot load default config file
> > 
> > This was during X Window System and KDE installation after a debian-installer test.
> > All other xfont files installed without problems.
> > 
> > The error is not shown if I now do 'apt-get install --reinstall xfonts-scalable'
> 
> I am guessing that this is an unpacking/configuration order issue.
> 
seems so, fontconfig gets setted up some packages later. I've seen the
same issue on a fresh sarge install on a ultra10 today.


> If so, the postinst need to do some sort of test before invoking
> fc-cache.
> 
> Can someone recommend one?
What about simply predepending on fontconfig?

 - Christian