[Bug 367431] [NEW] Package manager unaware of files

[Pander]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: msttcorefonts

output of:
  dpkg -L msttcorefonts
is not listing these files:
  ls /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/
Andale_Mono.ttf              Georgia.ttf
andalemo.ttf                 georgiaz.ttf
arialbd.ttf                  impact.ttf
arialbi.ttf                  Impact.ttf
Arial_Black.ttf              timesbd.ttf
Arial_Bold_Italic.ttf        timesbi.ttf
Arial_Bold.ttf               timesi.ttf
Arial_Italic.ttf             Times_New_Roman_Bold_Italic.ttf
ariali.ttf                   Times_New_Roman_Bold.ttf
arial.ttf                    Times_New_Roman_Italic.ttf
Arial.ttf                    Times_New_Roman.ttf
ariblk.ttf                   times.ttf
comicbd.ttf                  trebucbd.ttf
Comic_Sans_MS_Bold.ttf       trebucbi.ttf
Comic_Sans_MS.ttf            Trebuchet_MS_Bold_Italic.ttf
comic.ttf                    Trebuchet_MS_Bold.ttf
courbd.ttf                   Trebuchet_MS_Italic.ttf
courbi.ttf                   Trebuchet_MS.ttf
Courier_New_Bold_Italic.ttf  trebucit.ttf
Courier_New_Bold.ttf         trebuc.ttf
Courier_New_Italic.ttf       Verdana_Bold_Italic.ttf
Courier_New.ttf              Verdana_Bold.ttf
couri.ttf                    verdanab.ttf
cour.ttf                     Verdana_Italic.ttf
Georgia_Bold_Italic.ttf      verdanai.ttf
Georgia_Bold.ttf             verdana.ttf
georgiab.ttf                 Verdana.ttf
Georgia_Italic.ttf           verdanaz.ttf
georgiai.ttf                 webdings.ttf
georgia.ttf                  Webdings.ttf
which it should list.

Also the reverse is also not working. output of:
  dpkg -S /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/arial.ttf 
and:
  dpkg -S /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial.ttf
results in an error, which it should not.

I know the package is containing an archive that is extracted to create
these files. Nevertheless, the package manager can/should be tricked
when installing the package to be aware that these files belong to the
package in both directions of look up. From file to package and from
package to file.

The same problem exists for xfonts-mathml package.

** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Package manager unaware of files
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