x3270 post install script fails

x3270 post install script fails

[David Stacey]

The x3270 package performs the following in its post install script:

     FONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts
     ENCODINGSDIR=$FONTDIR/encodings
     MKFONTDIR=/usr/bin/mkfontdir
     $MKFONTDIR -e $ENCODINGSDIR $FONTDIR/misc

This fails because the directory '/usr/share/fonts/encodings' no longer 
exists. (The directory used to be provided by the 'font-encodings' 
package, which is now obsolete).

Probably the best way to resolve this is to add a 'mkdir -p 
${ENCODINGSDIR}' to the post install script, rather than just assume its 
existence - provided this 'encodings.dir' is still being read by the X 
server. Otherwise, use '/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings' as the encodings 
directory.

Dave.



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Re: x3270 post install script fails

[Peter A. Castro]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2015, David Stacey wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:17:10 +0100
> From: David Stacey
> Subject: x3270 post install script fails

Greetings, David,

> The x3270 package performs the following in its post install script:
>
>    FONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts
>    ENCODINGSDIR=$FONTDIR/encodings
>    MKFONTDIR=/usr/bin/mkfontdir
>    $MKFONTDIR -e $ENCODINGSDIR $FONTDIR/misc
>
> This fails because the directory '/usr/share/fonts/encodings' no longer 
> exists. (The directory used to be provided by the 'font-encodings' package, 
> which is now obsolete).

If it's obsolete then there's no point in having mkfontdir try and use it. 
Or would a user purposely create it for their own supplemental font usage?

> Probably the best way to resolve this is to add a 'mkdir -p ${ENCODINGSDIR}' 
> to the post install script, rather than just assume its existence - provided 
> this 'encodings.dir' is still being read by the X server. Otherwise, use 
> '/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings' as the encodings directory.

Or, perhaps it would be better to check for the encodings directory 
existance and only supply it to mkfontdir then.  I'll play with this a 
little.

Thanks for the report.

> Dave.

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