[Bug 1371783] Re: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 (utopic) fails to install/upgrade

[John Freed]

The problem with #45 (and #47, and all the other proposed solutions) is
SourceForge, and nothing else. If SourceForge tries to direct you to a
nonexistent mirror, all solutions fail. If you try to download from
SourceForge and you get an advertising page instead of the file you
want, all the automated solutions fail.

The solution in #33 / #34 is fully automated but fails in the case where
SourceForge misbehaves.

As james-pic notes in #42 and I have noted, the only solution that will
always work requires that someone create a non-SourceForge repo for the
fonts. (And no, it makes no difference whatsoever which link you use.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/ and
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/ point to the same location.)

Since james-pic has created such a non-SF repo (thanks!), his solution
should always work. It would be nice to see Ubuntu incorporate it.

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Title:
  package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 (utopic) fails to
  install/upgrade

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I've been trying to upgrade/update 'ttf-mscorefonts-installer' for the
  past week, but the install/upgrade fails with  a 'andale32.exe Hash
  Sum mismatch" error:

  <SNIP>

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  Fetched 552 B in 11s (47 B/s)

  E: Failed to fetch
  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe  Hash Sum
  mismatch

  E: Download Failed
  Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...

  <SNIP>

  'lsb_release -rd':
  Description:	Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch)
  Release:	14.10

  apt-cache policy ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer:
    Installed: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
    Candidate: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
    Version table:
   *** 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 0
          500 http://mirror.hmc.edu/ubuntu/ utopic/multiverse i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  I expect it to complete the install/upgrade, but it constantly chokes
  on 'andale32.exe', and generates a notification after each boot.

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