[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

[Larry Sherk]

Hi Julie,

I know vastly less than you, so your news is actually most reassuring to
me!  Thanks.

Larry Sherk

On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 7:54 AM, Julie Brandon <
julie-launchpad at computergeeks.co.uk> wrote:

> Unfortunately the sourceforge links this relies on are now EXCEPTIONALLY
> unreliable and have been for the last few weeks - for me and I'm sure
> most everyone else most download attempts fail considerably more often
> than they succeed now (and this is on a well behaved, rock solid, fibre
> connection.)
>
> Given that 10 or so successful downloads are required for this installer
> to complete, and most times individual downloads fail, and any
> individual download failing causes the process to fail, successful
> installation is now essentially impossible for me and many others - mine
> and others' systems have been stuck on the repeated "Failure to download
> extra files" dialogs for a while now.
>
> :(
>
> Given that it makes this package currently uninstallable and the
> considerable heat this is receiving, I'm struggling to see how this can
> be regarded as only medium priority now.
>
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> Title:
>   ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts
>   and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian
>
> Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   As noted in
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+
> bug/1371783/comments/45,
>   the current 3.4 version of ttf-mscorefonts-installer searches for the
>   font files in an incorrect network location. The consequence of this
>   is that the core fonts are never installed.
>
>   The Debian (upstream) version 3.6 of ttf-mscorefonts-installer
>   searches for the font files in the correct network location, and will
>   successfully install the core fonts.
>
>   This problem occurs with Ubuntu 16.04 as of July 2016. (And with
>   earlier versions, including current LTS.)
>
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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts
  and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  As noted in
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1371783/comments/45,
  the current 3.4 version of ttf-mscorefonts-installer searches for the
  font files in an incorrect network location. The consequence of this
  is that the core fonts are never installed.

  The Debian (upstream) version 3.6 of ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  searches for the font files in the correct network location, and will
  successfully install the core fonts.

  This problem occurs with Ubuntu 16.04 as of July 2016. (And with
  earlier versions, including current LTS.)

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