[Bug 466029] New: fonts.dir refers to non-existent .bdf files, breaking accesses

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Summary: fonts.dir refers to non-existent .bdf files, breaking accesses

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Summary: fonts.dir refers to non-existent .bdf files, breaking
                    accesses
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 9
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: medium
         Component: fonts-KOI8-R
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
         QAContact: [e-mail]
                CC: [e-mail], [e-mail]
    Classification: Fedora

Description of problem:
The file /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/misc/fonts.dir contains two entries for each
font, one for the pcf.gz file and one for a bdf file that isn't included in the
package.  Apparently, the presence of the bdf entry breaks accesses to these
fonts.  As an example, it contains:

9x15s.bdf -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-koi8-ub
9x15s.pcf.gz -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-koi8-ub

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-10.fc8.noarch

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install fonts-KOI8-R
2. xfd -fn 9x15

Actual results:
Warning: Cannot convert string "9x15" to type FontStruct
xfd:  no font to display

Expected results:
A window with the font displayed.

Additional info:
The bug can be avoided by rerunning mkfontdir in /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/misc. 
(And trigger the X server to reread its font files.)  But there is no RPM
script or other automatic way this is done.  It must be done "by hand" after
installation by the system administrator.  And after doing this, the package
fails a verify check by RPM.

[Bug 466029] fonts.dir refers to non-existent .bdf files, breaking accesses

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--- Comment #1 from Bug Zapper   2009-06-09 22:54:36 EDT ---

This message is a reminder that Fedora 9 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining
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bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained.  At that time
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Göran Uddeborg  changed:

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            Version|9                           |11

--- Comment #2 from Göran Uddeborg   2009-06-11 15:52:11 EDT ---
The problem is exactly the same in Fedora 11 (fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-11.fc11.noarch).

[Bug 466029] fonts.dir refers to non-existent .bdf files, breaking accesses

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--- Comment #3 from Bug Zapper  2010-04-27 08:15:48 EDT ---

This message is a reminder that Fedora 11 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining
and issuing updates for Fedora 11.  It is Fedora's policy to close all
bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained.  At that time
this bug will be closed as WONTFIX if it remains open with a Fedora 
'version' of '11'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version prior to Fedora 11's end of life.

Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that 
we may not be able to fix it before Fedora 11 is end of life.  If you 
would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it 
against a later version of Fedora please change the 'version' of this 
bug to the applicable version.  If you are unable to change the version, 
please add a comment here and someone will do it for you.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events.  Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.

The process we are following is described here: 
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[Bug 466029] fonts.dir refers to non-existent .bdf files, breaking accesses

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Göran Uddeborg  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Version|11                          |13

--- Comment #4 from Göran Uddeborg  2010-04-29 15:04:03 EDT ---
The problem remains the same in Fedora 13 (fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-12.fc12.noarch)

[Bug 466029] fonts.dir refers to non-existent .bdf files, breaking accesses

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Jens Petersen  changed:

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                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
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--- Comment #5 from Jens Petersen  2010-07-08 05:18:07 EDT ---
Rebuilding seems to fix the problem for me on F13.

Perhaps you could test this rawhide build:
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2303397

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--- Comment #6 from Fedora Update System  2010-07-14 03:03:34 EDT ---
fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-13.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-13.fc13

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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |MODIFIED

[Bug 466029] fonts.dir refers to non-existent .bdf files, breaking accesses

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Fedora Update System  changed:

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             Status|MODIFIED                    |ON_QA

--- Comment #7 from Fedora Update System  2010-07-14 18:55:24 EDT ---
fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-13.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 testing repository. 
If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update fonts-KOI8-R'.  You can provide
feedback for this update here:
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-13.fc13

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Göran Uddeborg  changed:

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             Status|ON_QA                       |VERIFIED

--- Comment #8 from Göran Uddeborg  2010-07-15 06:14:15 EDT ---
It looks good now.

[Bug 466029] fonts.dir refers to non-existent .bdf files, breaking accesses

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--- Comment #9 from Fedora Update System  2010-07-22 22:38:15 EDT ---
fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-13.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. 
If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

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Fedora Update System  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|VERIFIED                    |CLOSED
   Fixed In Version|                            |fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-13.fc13
         Resolution|                            |ERRATA