[Bug 979477] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer installation popup and probable failure

[Steve Langasek]

Does /var/log/apt/term.log offer any more explanation for why the
download has failed here?  Is there an apt proxy setting on the affected
systems pointed to a proxy that doesn't allow arbitrary file downloads?
(Where previously msttcorefonts looked for an $http_proxy env variable,
it now uses the apt proxy settings, bringing it in line with
flashplugin-installer behavior.)

Previously, msttcorefonts also used a list of fallback download hosts;
now it assumes that http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/ will
always work, and that if not it's an issue that the user can/should fix
up by hand.  Is there a problem using this particular download URL, vs.
one of the mirrors?

** Changed in: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Steve Langasek (vorlon)

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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer installation popup and probable failure

Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Recently we see the following when ttf-mscorefonts-installer is
  installed, after accepting licensing terms, a popup appears with the
  following contents:

  The following packages requested additional data downloads after package
   installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be
   processed.
   .
   .
     ttf-mscorefonts-installer
   .
   .
   The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download
   again now.  Running this command requires an active Internet connection.

  It happens repeatedly if you do  apt-get install --reinstall ttf-
  mscorefonts-installer.

  Something is wrong in the move of the download from
  /usr/lib/msttcorefonts/update-ms-fonts to wherever it is supposed to
  live now.

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