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msttcorefonts package

  1. Bug #1647969
  2. Activity log

Activity log for bug #1647969

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2016-12-07 08:10:29 willy123 bug added bug
2016-12-07 08:17:51 willy123 affects aptitude (Ubuntu) msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
2016-12-07 08:22:18 willy123 tags xenial
2016-12-07 08:22:37 willy123 description Note that I am reporting this bug against the package "msttcorefonts", but it actually affects "ttf-mscorefonts-installer". 1) What I expect to happen: The ms core fonts should be downloaded and installed. 2) What actually happens: The installer attempts to download the fonts, but fails with a 404. 3) Error message: root@host:~# apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/29.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 134 kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package ttf-mscorefonts-installer. (Reading database ... 316325 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb ... Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.2) ... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 404 Not Found W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) E: Failed to fetch https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe 404 Not Found E: Download Failed Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... 4) Version info root@host:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 root@root:~# apt-cache policy ttf-mscorefonts-installer ttf-mscorefonts-installer: Installed: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 Candidate: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 500 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 Packages 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 5) More hints: The url reported by the installer actually works in the browser. My (un-educated) guess is that the error may be related to the whitespace in the redirect url. (".../corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe") Note that I am reporting this bug against the package "msttcorefonts", but it actually affects "ttf-mscorefonts-installer". 1) What I expect to happen: The ms core fonts should be downloaded and installed. 2) What actually happens: The installer attempts to download the fonts, but fails with a 404. 3) Error message: root@host:~# apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed:   ttf-mscorefonts-installer 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/29.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 134 kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package ttf-mscorefonts-installer. (Reading database ... 316325 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb ... Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.2) ... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe   404 Not Found W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) E: Failed to fetch https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe 404 Not Found E: Download Failed Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... 4) Version info root@host:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 root@host:~# apt-cache policy ttf-mscorefonts-installer ttf-mscorefonts-installer:   Installed: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2   Candidate: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2   Version table:  *** 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 500         500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 Packages         500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 5) More hints: The url reported by the installer actually works in the browser. My (un-educated) guess is that the error may be related to the whitespace in the redirect url. (".../corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe")
2016-12-07 09:35:48 Paul White marked as duplicate 1607535
2016-12-08 07:56:57 Launchpad Janitor msttcorefonts (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2016-12-08 09:41:43 lobner bug added subscriber lobner
2016-12-18 17:24:27 willy123 removed subscriber willy123
2017-01-12 21:46:48 Stefano Ravera bug added subscriber Stefano Ravera
2017-01-12 22:07:46 Jeremy Bícha changed duplicate marker 1607535 1651923
2017-01-13 10:55:24 Aaron B. Russell bug added subscriber Aaron B. Russell
2017-01-19 21:33:10 rklemme bug added subscriber rklemme
2017-01-20 12:10:53 Graeme Hewson bug added subscriber Graeme Hewson
2017-02-17 03:32:10 Naël removed duplicate marker 1651923
2017-02-17 03:32:24 Naël msttcorefonts (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Fix Released
2017-02-17 03:32:30 Naël marked as duplicate 1607535
2017-03-16 13:04:26 Graeme Hewson removed subscriber Graeme Hewson