Bug 32636 - Bitmap fonts broken by fontconfig update bug 32525
Summary: Bitmap fonts broken by fontconfig update bug 32525
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: High major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: All Packagers
QA Contact:
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Whiteboard: MGA9TOO
Keywords: IN_ERRATA9
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2023-12-18 10:45 CET by Morgan Leijström
Modified: 2025-01-27 18:17 CET (History)
2 users (show)

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Source RPM: fontconfig-2.14.2-1.1.mga9
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Description Morgan Leijström 2023-12-18 10:45:25 CET 
Description of problem:

Fontconfig update bug 32525 seem to have broken bitmap fonts on Cauldron.
https://ml.mageia.org/l/arcsearch_id/dev/2023-12/3673493ffbce0a220d07225633923fd931d0c0c5.camel

So presumably on mga9 too. So opening this from
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32525#c24
Comment 1 Morgan Leijström 2023-12-18 10:48:23 CET 
Assigning packager of previous fix.

Remove MGA9TOO if not found valid on mga9.
(i do not know how o test)

Whiteboard: (none) => MGA9TOO
Assignee: bugsquad => nicolas.salguero

Nicolas Salguero 2023-12-18 11:28:04 CET

Assignee: nicolas.salguero => pkg-bugs
CC: (none) => nicolas.salguero

Comment 2 Christian Müller 2023-12-18 16:48:49 CET 
MGA9 is also affected. Some terminal fonts are missing after applying the update, e.g. terminus, terminal [DEC].

CC: (none) => chmos

Comment 3 Morgan Leijström 2023-12-18 17:05:39 CET 
Thank you Christian
So while fixing one thing, the fix we shipped broke other side of the dice...

Priority: Normal => High
Severity: normal => major

Comment 4 katnatek 2023-12-19 03:52:13 CET 
(In reply to Morgan Leijström from comment #3)
> Thank you Christian
> So while fixing one thing, the fix we shipped broke other side of the dice...

https://www.happyassassin.net/posts/2008/08/20/lightbulbs/
Comment 5 Morgan Leijström 2023-12-20 11:33:16 CET 
:)

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_9_Errata#Various_software

Keywords: (none) => IN_ERRATA9

Comment 6 Christian Müller 2024-01-10 14:10:29 CET 
Deleting /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-mga-no-bitmaps-firefox-thunderbird.conf brings back all missing fonts.
Comment 7 katnatek 2024-01-10 22:55:15 CET 
(In reply to Christian Müller from comment #6)
> Deleting /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-mga-no-bitmaps-firefox-thunderbird.conf brings
> back all missing fonts.

But that not bring back the issues with pdf rendering in firefox and thunderbird?
Comment 8 Morgan Leijström 2025-01-27 18:17:33 CET 
What is the current state here on mga10 / Cauldron?
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