114750 2005-12-07 07:05 0000 font-arabic-misc-0.99.1 merge fails in postinst with FONT_DIRS is empty. The ebuild should set it to at least one subdir of /usr/share/fonts 2005-12-07 10:00:15 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Ebuilds unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P3 normal --- 112004 1 fmccor@gentoo.org x11@gentoo.org fmccor@gentoo.org 2005-12-07 07:05:33 0000 As per summary, on every system I've tried it on, the upgrade to font-arabic-misc-0.99.1 fails in postinst. Final output from merge is: =================================== >>> Completed installing font-arabic-misc-0.99.1 into /var/tmp/portage/font-arabic-misc-0.99.1/image/ >>> Merging media-fonts/font-arabic-misc-0.99.1 to / /var/tmp/portage/font-arabic-misc-0.99.1/image/usr/share/fonts /var/tmp/portage /var/tmp/portage --- /usr/ --- /usr/share/ --- /usr/share/fonts/ >>> /usr/share/fonts/arabic24.pcf.gz >>> /usr/share/fonts/fonts.scale >>> /usr/share/fonts/fonts.dir >>> Safely unmerging already-installed instance... --- !mtime obj /usr/share/fonts/fonts.scale --- !mtime obj /usr/share/fonts/fonts.dir --- !mtime obj /usr/share/fonts/arabic24.pcf.gz --- !empty dir /usr/share/fonts --- !empty dir /usr/share --- !empty dir /usr * Checking /usr/share/fonts/misc for useless files ... [ ok ] >>> original instance of package unmerged safely. * FONT_DIRS is empty. The ebuild should set it to at least one subdir of /usr/share/fonts. !!! ERROR: media-fonts/font-arabic-misc-0.99.1 failed. !!! Function setup_fonts, Line 272, Exitcode 0 !!! FONT_DIRS is empty. The ebuild should set it to at least one subdir of /usr/share/fonts. !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. !!! FAILED postinst: 1 =========================================== So far, other fonts in 0.99.1 set do not have this problem. dberkholz@gentoo.org 2005-12-07 10:00:15 0000 Should be fixed