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plymouth package

  1. Bug #1592405
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 1592405

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Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote : Re: [Bug 1592405] Re: plymouth hook in initramfs needs font but doesn't Depend on it

On 2 April 2018 at 02:27, Steve Langasek <email address hidden> wrote:
> $ dpkg -S /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth
> plymouth: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth
> $ apt policy plymouth | grep Installed
> Installed: 0.9.3-1ubuntu4
> $ grep -i dejavu /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth
> mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu"
> cp -a /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu"
> sed 's|\(<family>DejaVu Sans</family>\)|<family>Ubuntu</family>\1|;s|\(<family>DejaVu Sans Mono</family>\)|<family>Ubuntu Mono</family>\1|;' \
> cp -a /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu"
> $
>
> The hook is still trying to copy dejavu fonts into the initramfs.
>

Which is correct! We still do need a serif font.... and a fallback
font for languages not covered by the ubuntu font. Are you implying
DejaVu font is not shipped by default on Lubuntu at all?

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Regards,

Dimitri.