[Bug 1592405] Re: plymouth hook in initramfs needs font but doesn't Depend on it

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This bug was fixed in the package plymouth - 0.9.3-1ubuntu5

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plymouth (0.9.3-1ubuntu5) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Move the Ubuntu font, dejavu font, fontconfig dependencies to
    plymouth-label package, such that any "graphical" theme based on
    plymouth label has the right fonts, e.g. the src:lubuntu-artwork
    themes. LP: #1592405

 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox at ubuntu.com>  Sun, 01 Apr 2018 23:28:23
+0100

** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  plymouth hook in initramfs needs font but doesn't Depend on it

Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in plymouth source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.1) ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-1412-omap4
  cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf': No such file or directory
  E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth failed with return 1.
  update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-1412-omap4 with 1.
  dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   initramfs-tools

  
  cmiller at xiongmao:~$ dpkg -S /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth
  plymouth: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth
  cmiller at xiongmao:~$ dpkg -l plymouth |cat
  ii  plymouth       0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1 armhf        boot animation, logger and I/O multiplexer

  
  If THEME_NAME "ubuntu-logo" is something other than the four, then
  if /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf does not exist, then
  copy /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf somewhere.

  That file doesn't exist because it's not demanded by plymouth package.

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