Adding extra time for *dns-timeout* worked for me as well, how ever I get
the same messages as Jacob below.
I also noticed this for all fonts:

*All done, no errors.
webdin32.exe: OK
webdin32.exe: library not compiled to support large files.
Extracting cabinet: webdin32.exe
  extracting fontinst.exe
  extracting Webdings.TTF
  extracting fontinst.inf
  extracting Licen.TXT
*
//Hans

2009/11/15 Jacob <email address hidden>

> Bottom line: How to proceed after getting the fonts installed.
>
> And now, the main message:
>
> YIPEEE!!!!!
> KUDOS, GRACIAS and assorted hazzahs in all possible languages to IMAD.
>
> My taking the --dns-timeout option out the the wget command in line 148
> of this file,
>
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/ttf-mscorefonts-installer.postinst
>
> the final lines of the output of that command:
>
> dpkg-reconfigure -plow --force ttf-mscorefonts-installer
>
> are now:
>
> All done, no errors.
> All fonts downloaded and installed.
> Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
> No CIDSupplement specified for Dotum-Regular, defaulting to 0.
> No CIDSupplement specified for Batang-Regular, defaulting to 0.
> No CIDSupplement specified for Batang-Bold, defaulting to 0.
> No CIDSupplement specified for Dotum-Bold, defaulting to 0.
> No CIDSupplement specified for ZenHei, defaulting to 0.
> No CIDSupplement specified for ZenHei-CNS, defaulting to 0.
> No CIDSupplement specified for UMingCN, defaulting to 0.
>
> Now that this has succeeded, how do I proceed?  The upgrade had failed
> at this point and failed to clean up.  What do we do now?
>
> Locate the arcane script that does the cleanup and run that with sudo?
>
> Start the System Update app again, hoping it realize where it left off
> and continue?
>
> HELP!! please.
>
> Thanks much and more kudos to imad.  IN lieu of actually giving you a kudos
> candy bar, enjoy this:
>
> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JOfB6cS2PDA/Si8QM1hJKkI/AAAAAAAAALM/s9YYIs9u4rc/s400/kudos%2Bbar.jpg
>
> As well as this:
> http://www.topnews.in/health/files/beer4.jpg
>
> --
> package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0 failed to install/upgrade
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464422
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: New
> Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Debian: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: update-manager
>
> I upgraded my Desktop ubuntu from jaunty to karmic.
> During the upgrade I got the message "could not install
> ttf-mscorefonts-installer".
> I proceeded.
> At the end of the installation step (before cleaning step), I got again an
> error message about this ttf-mscorefonts-installer.
> Apport proposed to send informations to you.
> I said yes.
> Started collecting info ... but didn't finish.
> I pressed cancel (to apport)
> After a while I got a message saying that the upgrade was broken, and to
> try a   dpkg --configure -a  .
> The upgrade stopped.
> I attache the /var/log/dist-upgrades/    logs.
>
> I tried dpkg --configure -a, but it could not connect to the internet. So
> probably during the upgrade the connection to internet was lost (even if the
> NetworkManager Applet say there was one active connection).
> So after rebooting I could connect to the internet and execute successfully
>  dpkg --configure -a, which installed the fonts.
>
> Is it  possible to resume the upgrade to finish it (End of Installation
> step + Cleaning step) ?
>