Bug#399224: xfonts-scalable: doesn't call update-fonts-dir in postinst/postrm
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > 1:1.0.0-4 contained fonts.dir as a file in the package. This file
> > is removed in 1:1.0.0-5, which results in removal of fonts.dir.
> > But after all this the postinst (and also postrm) should run
> > update-fonts-scale, update-fonts-alias and update-fonts-dir, but
> > it only runs update-fonts-scale and update-fonts-alias.
> is this an issue when upgrading from the stable version of
> xfonts-scalable, or only on upgrade from 1:1.0.0-4?
As far as I can see the most important issue appears when upgrading
from 1.0.0-4 (maybe from other 1.0.0 versions, too), because this
completely removes fonts.dir. The sarge version handles this correct.
But also a fresh installation of etch is broken. If only
xfonts-scalable (and no other Type1 font package) is installed, this
means, that no fonts.dir is installed, which results in
xfonts-scalable been completely unusable.
If gsfonts-x11 is installed before xfonts-scalable, gsfonts-x11 will
work correct, while the fonts from xfonts-scalable aren't accessible.
> If the latter, then I don't think this is a release-critical bug,
> and the severity is at most important.
It is still a policy violation which makes the package and maybe other
packages unusable. I prefer fixing it instead of discussing the
severity (xfonts-scalable is no longer part of the xfree or x.org
sources, so it isn't a problem to build a new version of this
package).
Tschoeeee
Roland
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