Package: fontconfig Version: 2.3.1-2 Severity: normal fontconfig's postinst script should be a little more robust than this:
sisyphus:~# apt-get --purge remove libfontconfig1 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: fontconfig* libfontconfig1* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 54 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 643kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 12429 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libfontconfig1 ... Purging configuration files for libfontconfig1 ... Removing fontconfig ... Purging font configuration of fontconfig... Purging category cid.. Purging category truetype.. Purging category type1.. fc-cache: error while loading shared libraries: libfontconfig.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Purging configuration files for fontconfig ... dpkg - warning: while removing fontconfig, directory `/etc/fonts/conf.d' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing fontconfig, directory `/etc/fonts' not empty so not removed. sisyphus:~# l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ If the circular dependency between libfontconfig1 and fontconfig cannot be broken, then the error message from the dynamic loader should be suppressed. Note that you have to use apt-get to reproduce this problem. Plain dpkg won't work, as it makes sure to always remove fontconfig *before* libfontconfig1. Here's some more detailed output: # apt-get --purge -o "DPkg::Options::=-D7" remove libfontconfig1 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: fontconfig* libfontconfig1* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 54 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 643kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] D000001: deferred_remove package fontconfig D000001: checking dependencies for remove `fontconfig' D000001: deferred_remove package libfontconfig1 D000001: checking dependencies for remove `libfontconfig1' D000001: deferred_remove package fontconfig D000001: checking dependencies for remove `fontconfig' D000001: deferred_remove package libfontconfig1 D000001: checking dependencies for remove `libfontconfig1' D000001: deferred_remove package fontconfig D000001: checking dependencies for remove `fontconfig' D000001: deferred_remove package libfontconfig1 D000001: checking dependencies for remove `libfontconfig1' D000001: deferred_remove package fontconfig D000001: checking dependencies for remove `fontconfig' D000001: deferred_remove package libfontconfig1 D000001: checking dependencies for remove `libfontconfig1' D000001: deferred_remove package fontconfig D000001: checking dependencies for remove `fontconfig' D000001: deferred_remove package libfontconfig1 D000001: checking dependencies for remove `libfontconfig1' D000001: deferred_remove package fontconfig D000001: checking dependencies for remove `fontconfig' D000001: deferred_remove package libfontconfig1 D000001: checking dependencies for remove `libfontconfig1' D000001: deferred_remove package fontconfig D000001: checking dependencies for remove `fontconfig' D000001: deferred_remove package libfontconfig1 D000001: checking dependencies for remove `libfontconfig1' (Reading database ... 12429 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libfontconfig1 ... D000002: maintainer_script_installed nonexistent prerm D000001: removal_bulk package libfontconfig1 D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/libfontconfig1.postrm ( ) D000001: removal_bulk cleaning info directory D000002: removal_bulk info unlinked /var/lib/dpkg/info/libfontconfig1.shlibs D000002: removal_bulk info unlinked /var/lib/dpkg/info/libfontconfig1.postinst D000002: removal_bulk info unlinked /var/lib/dpkg/info/libfontconfig1.md5sums D000001: removal_bulk purging? foundpostrm=1 Purging configuration files for libfontconfig1 ... D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/libfontconfig1.postrm ( ) D000001: removal_bulk purge done, removing list `/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfontconfig1.list' D000001: removal_bulk purge done, removing postrm `/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfontconfig1.postrm' D000001: removal done D000001: deferred_remove package fontconfig D000001: checking dependencies for remove `fontconfig' Removing fontconfig ... D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.prerm ( ) Purging font configuration of fontconfig... Purging category cid.. Purging category truetype.. Purging category type1.. fc-cache: error while loading shared libraries: libfontconfig.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory D000001: removal_bulk package fontconfig D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.postrm ( ) D000001: removal_bulk cleaning info directory D000002: removal_bulk info unlinked /var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.config D000002: removal_bulk info unlinked /var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.templates D000002: removal_bulk info unlinked /var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.postinst D000002: removal_bulk info unlinked /var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.prerm D000002: removal_bulk info unlinked /var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.conffiles D000002: removal_bulk info unlinked /var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.md5sums D000001: removal_bulk purging? foundpostrm=1 Purging configuration files for fontconfig ... D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.postrm ( ) dpkg - warning: while removing fontconfig, directory `/etc/fonts/conf.d' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing fontconfig, directory `/etc/fonts' not empty so not removed. D000001: removal_bulk purge done, removing list `/var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.list' D000001: removal_bulk purge done, removing postrm `/var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.postrm' D000001: removal done Looking at fontconfig's prerm script, maybe the problem is defoma-app's fault? -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-powerpc-smp Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages fontconfig depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.47 Debian configuration management sy ii defoma 0.11.8-0.1 Debian Font Manager -- automatic f ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfontconfig1 2.3.1-2 generic font configuration library ii ttf-bitstream-vera 1.10-3 The Bitstream Vera family of free ii ttf-freefont 20031008-1.1 Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True ii ucf 1.17 Update Configuration File: preserv -- debconf information: * fontconfig/rendering_type: Bytecode interpreter (CRT screens) * fontconfig/subpixel_rendering: Automatic fontconfig/enable_bitmaps: false fontconfig/hinting_type: Native fontconfig/enable_autohinter: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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