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

[Steve Langasek]

Ok.  Sorry about this; the reasoning here had been that:

 - the desktop network configuration interface syncs the apt proxy settings with the general <proto>_proxy env variables, so in the common case these are the same
 - the flashplugin-installer package has already been looking at the apt proxy settings rather than the http_proxy variable for some time, and nobody seems to have complained
 - sudo is known not to pass http_proxy settings in the environment (for good reason), so users who *do* need a proxy for all http downloads are advised to configure this via the apt proxy settings so that it's applied consistently.

However, this is the second report I've seen of the new proxy behavior
being a problem (though I've mislaid the first report), which tells me
this is not a winning solution.  I'll fix this ASAP to use $http_proxy
instead, which seems to be the lesser evil - given that users can always
manually set http_proxy if needed, but have no way to selectively un-set
the apt proxy for non-apt downloads.

** Package changed: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) => update-notifier (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Triaged

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-12.04

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

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

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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