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Bug 38585

Summary: /etc/init.d/lconsolefonts looks for setfont in incorrect location
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Ian Truelsen <ian.truelsen>
Component: [OLD] Core systemAssignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status: VERIFIED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description Ian Truelsen 2004-01-18 03:27:03 UTC
/etc/init.d/consolefonts looks for setfont in /bin whereas sys-apps/kbd installs setfont in /usr/bin

This causes the 'setfont executable not found error' at boot.

This exists in all baselayout versions as far as I can tell, but I am currently using 1.8.6.12-r3

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Portage 2.0.50_pre16 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.3_pre20031222-r0,
2.4.22-gentoo-r5)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.4.22-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12
distcc 2.11.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.7
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config
/usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config
/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/
/var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache emergemail fixpackages sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://dark-lord.ihtruelsen.dyndns.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow X aalib alsa apm arts avi berkdb bonobo crypt cups directfb dvd
encode esd fbcon flash foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile
imlib java jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif moznocompose moznoirc
moznomail mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python
qt quicktime readline sdl slang slp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex truetype usb
x86 xface xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-01-19 09:18:04 UTC
What version are you using?

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azarah@nosferatu gentoo-x86 $ epm -ql kbd | grep setfont
/bin/setfont
/usr/share/man/man8/setfont.8.gz
/usr/bin/setfont
azarah@nosferatu gentoo-x86 $ ls -l /bin/setfont /usr/bin/setfont
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        36980 Dec 26 16:46 /bin/setfont
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           17 Dec 26 16:46 /usr/bin/setfont -> ../../bin/setfont
azarah@nosferatu gentoo-x86 $ epm -qG kbd
sys-apps/kbd-1.08-r4
azarah@nosferatu gentoo-x86 $
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Comment 2 Ian Truelsen 2004-01-19 10:16:47 UTC
*  sys-apps/kbd
      Latest version available: 1.06-r1
      Latest version installed: 1.06-r1
Comment 3 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-01-19 10:43:45 UTC
Erm, try 1.08-r4 - I marked that stable.  Sync problem I guess.
Comment 4 Ian Truelsen 2004-01-20 04:28:33 UTC
The kbd update solved it. Thanks.