FS#19738 - [go-openoffice] Missing dependency: ttf-ms-fonts

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Monday, 07 June 2010, 19:21 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Tuesday, 08 June 2010, 06:19 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

extra/go-openoffice 3.2.1.3-1 is missing ttf-ms-fonts as a dependency.


Steps to reproduce:
start soffice without ttf-ms-fonts installed, you will be presented with a bunch of rectangles where the fonts are supposed to be.
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Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Tuesday, 08 June 2010, 06:19 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  there's a hint to install at least one ttf pkg in the install msg.
Comment by xduugu (xduugu) - Monday, 07 June 2010, 22:07 GMT
That may be true for documents that use ms fonts, but actually, I've never encountered such an issue. Maybe an optional dependency, but why should there be only one on ms-fonts and not on any other font in the repos as well?
Comment by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Monday, 07 June 2010, 22:17 GMT
xduugo,
because it will be unusable.
When I say "you will be presented with a bunch of rectangles where the fonts are supposed to be" I mean that there are no readable characters in the gui or anywhere else. This is on a fresh install too.
I'm unsure if this is *strictly* dependent on ttf-ms-fonts, or if other fonts would work also.

some screenshots running office without ttf-ms-fonts:
http://omploader.org/vNGo5Zw
http://omploader.org/vNGo5aA
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 07 June 2010, 22:22 GMT
DejaVu or Bitstream Vera should work also. I think one of those is in optdepends, though I think adding dejavu to depends would be a good solution. Most regular installations will have those fonts anyways.
Comment by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Monday, 07 June 2010, 22:27 GMT
just tried ttj-dejavu and it worked, neither dejavu or bitstream is in optdepends
Comment by xduugu (xduugu) - Monday, 07 June 2010, 22:32 GMT
Ah, sorry. Thought you meant just the document. ttf-dejavu is a (hard) dependency of mplayer and there is also ttf-freefont (used by vlc) that should work.
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Tuesday, 08 June 2010, 06:19 GMT
I can't optdepend the package on each possible ttf-font pkg we offer. Think of Hindi and other Asian languages. You'd read the install note shown by pacman.

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