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FS#13719 - [pango] - File /etc/pango/pango.modules unititialized after a fresh install

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Simon Malinge (Tapi) - Monday, 09 March 2009, 19:32 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 22:04 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
After a fresh Archlinux install, when pango is installed for the first time, pango applications fail to display fonts properly, and complain in the console.
For example, with xfce4-about :

----- LOG START -----
(xfce4-about:9028): Pango-CRITICAL **: No modules found:
No builtin or dynamically loaded modules were found.
PangoFc will not work correctly.
This probably means there was an error in the creation of:
'/etc/pango/pango.modules'
You should create this file by running:
pango-querymodules > '/etc/pango/pango.modules'

(xfce4-about:9028): Pango-WARNING **: failed to find shape engine, expect ugly output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='latin'

(xfce4-about:9028): Pango-WARNING **: failed to find shape engine, expect ugly output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='common'
----- LOG END -----

The file /etc/pango/pango.modules actually exists, but is empty.
After running "pango-querymodules > '/etc/pango/pango.modules'" as advised, everything works fine.
While this command is present in pango install scriptlet, it does not seem to work properly when pango is installed for the first time.
I could not figure out why, as pango's dependencies were correctly installed before pango itself.

Additional info:
* pango 1.22.4-1
* xfce-utils 4.6.0-1 (only used to "test" the bug)

Steps to reproduce:
Despite my efforts to reproduce this bug, I did not succeed.
I simply could not afford to reinstall the box completely just to find out what went wrong...
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Closed by  Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 22:04 GMT
Reason for closing:  None
Additional comments about closing:  No responses in +4 months. Please reopen if necessary.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Saturday, 30 May 2009, 21:25 GMT
status with latest pango-1.24.2-1 and xfce-utils-4.6.1-1 ?
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 30 May 2009, 21:41 GMT
Can you provide a pacman.log which shows the initial installation of pango?

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