Re: fontmap missing! gurulabs to blame? (NO)

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

The fontmap file is a generated file, and hence is not part of the
package.  Since it can possibly be different for different machines, you  
can't store size/checksum information about the file in the RPM.  This is
why you did not get any problems from a verify.

Just a small note, the spec file for gnome-print should probably list
%{prefix}/share/fonts/fontmap as part of the package with the %ghost
attribute.  This way it will remove the file with the rest of the package,
but not give an error about it not existing when building the RPM.  The
spec file in CVS does not have this in it.  I don't know about the spec
file for the gurulabs RPMs.

James.

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On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Ray Clouse wrote:

> Dax Kelson wrote:
> 
> > Ray Clouse said once upon a time (Sun, 5 Sep 1999):
> >
> > > I installed the latest, greatest RPMs from ftp.gurulabs.com, and when I try
> > > to run Gnumeric (for example), I get this:
> > >
> > > --
> > > undertow:~ 43>gnumeric
> > > Cannot read file /home/clouse/.gnome/fonts/fontmap :
> > > gzopen failed: No such file or directory
> > > Cannot read file /usr/share/fonts/fontmap :
> > > gzopen failed: No such file or directory
> > > Gnumeric failed to find a suitable default font.
> >
> > Did you install the gnome-print 0.6 rpm?
> 
> undertow:~/temp/gnome 49>rpm -qa | grep print | grep gnome
> gnome-print-devel-0.6-1
> gnome-print-0.6-1
> 
> So, yes.
> 
> > Maybe you tried to relocate the RPM, or installed gnumeric with --nodeps?
> 
> Nope.  Everything is installed with "rpm -Uvh".
> 
> > The file /usr/share/fonts/fontmap is generated when you install the
> > gnome-print RPM by the gnome-font-install program.
> 
> I've done a GnoRPM verify on gnome-print, and it says it's all there.
> 
> I just did a --force upgrade on gnome-print.  Works now.  Strange that the verify
> said everything was there!
> 
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