[Bug 514493] [NEW] ttf-tahoma-replacement dependency causes unexpected changes in other applications

[Paul Kishimoto]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: wine1.2

As originally discussed at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine1.2/+bug/412195 :

wine1.2 recommends ttf-tahoma-replacement. Synaptic, the Ubuntu Software
Centre and other tools install recommended packages by default. As a
consequence, any website which specifies "Tahoma" as a font will be
rendered differently in Firefox and possibly other browsers. This is an
unexpected behaviour for users who do not anticipate that, or understand
why, installing Wine would cause this change.

One possible solution is to direct the default web browser, or all
fontconfig-aware software, to ignore ttf-tahoma-replacement — for
example, by configuration described at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine1.2/+bug/412195/comments/44
(and attached).

$ lsb_release -rd && apt-cache policy wine1.2 ttf-tahoma-replacement
Description:    Ubuntu 9.10
Release:        9.10
wine1.2:
  Installed: 1.1.31-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.1.31-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1.1.31-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ttf-tahoma-replacement:
  Installed: 1.1.31-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.1.31-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1.1.31-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: wine1.2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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