fontconfig only suggests defoma but will fail to install in postinst if it isnt available

[Niall Creech]

Binary package hint: fontconfig

without defoma installed fontconfig.postinst will fail, but fontconfig only suggests defoma so its not guaranteed to be available

Setting up fontconfig (2.6.0-1ubuntu12) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.postinst: 13: defoma-subst: not found
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.postinst: 13: defoma-subst: not found
dpkg: error processing fontconfig (--install):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 changed doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fontconfig

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 5 13:08:18 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: fontconfig 2.6.0-1ubuntu12
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-9.13-generic
SourcePackage: fontconfig
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-9-generic x86_64

[Niall Creech (sevenmachines-deactivatedaccount)]

the solution in debian 2.8.0-2 is to use a which defoma-subst check in postinst.

fontconfig (2.6.0-1ubuntu13) lucid; urgency=low

  * debian/fontconfig.postinst: check for presence of defoma before
    attempting to use it. Fixed in debian 2.8.0-2. (LP: #503351)

[Niall Creech (sevenmachines-deactivatedaccount)]

sorry, 2.8.0-2 is in debian testing so this should be a sync request

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

SevenMachines: are you absolutely sure that all the Ubuntu changes in fontconfig can be overwritten by the Debian verison?

[Niall Creech (sevenmachines-deactivatedaccount)]

i was going to look into it but the last upload fixes this bug so if someone could close it that would be great. thanks

[Niall Creech (sevenmachines-deactivatedaccount)]

this bug was fixed on auto-sync with debian. can someone please change this to 'fix released'. thanks

fontconfig (2.8.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated postinst script to follow defoma debhelper style for detecting
    presence of defoma

[Kamal Mostafa (kamalmostafa)]

Marking "Fix Released" per your request.

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fontconfig (2.8.0-2ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian testing, remaining changes: (LP: #490326)
    - fix buildd bustage by ignoring errors in postinst and prerm (taken
      from debian NMU by Riku Voipio < <email address hidden>>)
      - add debian/fontconfig.prerm
      - update debian/fontconfig.postinst
    - debian/fontconfig-config.postinst: drop debconf transition;
      we remove conf.d links for hinting, subpixel and bitmap configs
      and stop looking at debconf, excluding 70-no-bitmaps.conf.
    - debian/fontconfig-config.postinst: also exclude 70-no-bitmaps.conf
      from "drop debconf transition" to ensure that it doesn't get removed
      automatically
      - keep adding it in CONF_FILES through 07_no_bitmaps.patch as well.
    - debian/patches/00_old_diff_gz.patch:
      - add MgOpen Moderna family to 40-nonlatin.conf
      - reorder Bitstream Vera and DejaVu families in 60-latin.conf
    - debian/patches/00_old_diff_gz.patch,
      debian/patches/04_ubuntu_monospace_lcd_filter_conf.patch,
      debian/patches/05_ubuntu_add_hinting_and_antialiasing_confs.patch:
      - add extra config files:
        - antialias and hinting.
        - 52-languageselector.conf
        - 53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf
    - debian/patches/05_lcdfilterlegacy.patch: Recognize const value
      "lcdfilterlegacy", introduced before upstream did introduce "lcdlegacy"
    - debian/patches/06_ubuntu_lcddefault.patch: set lcddefault as default
    - drop debian/fontconfig-config.templates, debian/fontconfig-config.config,
      and associtated po files.
  * purge debconf database when upgrading from previous versions.
 -- Mathieu Trudel < <email address hidden>> Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:23:47 -0500