Package: defoma
Version: 0.11.10-0.2
Severity: normal
There always seems to be packages in Debian that list wrong or
otherwise non-existing paths or file names in the "begin" lines in
their .hints files. For instance, lenny contains at least 11 such
broken .hints files.
Currently, defoma-font silently accepts these bogus entries and
creates bogus references (such as dangling symlinks) for such
non-existing font files.
I would strongly suggest that this behaviour be changed as
follows:
1. If the begin line points to a non-existing file, do not try
to register the font (but do continue to support
unregister/purge for such dead entries!).
2. If at all possible, report any such failures loudly, so font
packagers will know their package is broken.
Something like this in defoma-font.pl sub hintfile_read() in the
'end' branch:
} elsif ($Debian::Defoma::Id::Register and not -f $font) {
printe("$hintfile($lnum): $font: ",
"Font file does not exist!");
$font = '';
@hints = ();
And then in each sub com_[re]register*()
$Debian::Defoma::Id::Register = 1;
If necessary, add the Register variable in the appropriate module
with a default value of 0.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.31jbj3.4-43 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages defoma depends on:
ii file 4.26-1 Determines file type using "magic"
ii perl 5.10.0-19lenny2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii whiptail 0.52.2-11.3+lenny1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
Versions of packages defoma recommends:
pn libft-perl <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages defoma suggests:
ii defoma-doc 0.11.10-0.2 Debian Font Manager documentation
pn dfontmgr <none> (no description available)
ii psfontmgr 0.11.10-0.2 PostScript font manager -- part of
ii x-ttcidfont-conf 31 TrueType and CID fonts configurati
-- no debconf information
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