Ubuntu
font-manager package

Silently overwrites ~/.fonts.conf

Bug #1022938 reported by Jay S
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font-manager (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

See description here:

http://code.google.com/p/font-manager/issues/detail?id=38

<<I expect font manager to NOT touch the .fonts.conf file if it already exists or at least put its content into the suggested .config/font-manager/local.conf file. If in doubt, it should prompt me for actions.

<<Font manger instead silently overwrites the file without making any backup or the like. My local settings are thus lost now and I have to once again look into this to reproduce them.>>

Font Manager overwrites ~/.fonts.conf, moves it to ~/.config/font-manager/local.conf, but then proceeds to overwrite *that* file as well. Any custom settings you have may be lost. Very dangerous. Version 0.5.7.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in font-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jerry Casiano (jerrycasiano) wrote :

This version is deprecated. This bug no longer applies.

Please close this bug and update package to latest release. See https://launchpad.net/font-manager

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