diff -Nru msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu3/debian/changelog msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu4/debian/changelog
--- msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu3/debian/changelog	2010-11-25 13:38:38.000000000 -0500
+++ msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu4/debian/changelog	2011-07-31 22:52:59.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+msttcorefonts (3.3ubuntu4) oneiric; urgency=low
+
+  * Create /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts in the postinst
+    instead of packaging it to work around a bad interaction with
+    fontconfig's postinst: see Ubuntu bug 819097. (LP: #670629)
+
+ -- Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@mit.edu>  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:43:26 -0400
+
 msttcorefonts (3.3ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low
 
   * change EULA display so that on refusal fonts are removed
diff -Nru msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu3/debian/dirs msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu4/debian/dirs
--- msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu3/debian/dirs	2010-11-25 13:38:10.000000000 -0500
+++ msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu4/debian/dirs	2011-07-31 22:42:39.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 var/lib/msttcorefonts
 etc/defoma/hints
-usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
\ No newline at end of file
diff -Nru msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu3/debian/postinst.in msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu4/debian/postinst.in
--- msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu3/debian/postinst.in	2010-11-25 13:39:47.000000000 -0500
+++ msttcorefonts-3.3ubuntu4/debian/postinst.in	2011-07-31 22:42:05.000000000 -0400
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # if the license was not accepted, ensure the fonts are removed
 # and add README with helpful information
  FONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
+ mkdir -p $FONTDIR
  license=mscorefonts-eula
  db_get msttcorefonts/accepted-$license
  if [ "$RET" != "true" ]; then