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FS#23170 - [vlc] depends on ttf-freefont

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by anthony w (idonthack) - Monday, 07 March 2011, 02:12 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Tuesday, 08 March 2011, 18:28 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

$ pacman -Si extra/vlc

you will see ttf-freefont is listed as a dependency.

if i download the package, delete ttf-freefont from the dependency list, and install the package, vlc still runs fine.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Tuesday, 08 March 2011, 18:28 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  maintainer chooses to use freefont
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Monday, 07 March 2011, 05:13 GMT
In the vlc PKGBUILD theres this line: sed -i -e 's:truetype/freefont:TTF:g' modules/misc/freetype.c which sets the default application font to freefont.

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