Bug 78940

Summary:	vlc 0.8.1 ebuild references no-existant timesbd.ttf
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ellis Whitehead <gentoo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Media-video project <media-video>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	flameeyes
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	86419
Bug Blocks:

Description Ellis Whitehead 2005-01-21 05:21:06 UTC

The vlc 0.8.1 ebuild hardcodes vlc to use the following font:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/timesbd.ttf

The problem on my system is that this font isn't installed, and I don't know what package to install in order to get it.

The vlc ebuild should probably include a dependency to some specific font ebuild.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
I emerged using the following USE settings:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild   R   ] media-video/vlc-0.8.1  -3dfx +X -a52 +aalib -alsa (-altivec) +arts -bidi -cdda -cddb -cdio -debug -dts -dvb +dvd +esd -faad +fbcon +ffmpeg +flac +freetype -ggi -gnutls -hal -httpd -joystick -libcaca -lirc -live +mad +matroska +mozilla -mpeg2 +ncurses +nls +ogg +opengl +oss -stream -svg -svga -theora -utf8 -v4l -vcd -vlm +vorbis +wxwindows +xosd +xv 0 kB

When I try to play a video file (with or without subtitles) and press 'k' to switch subtitle language, the following error is shown on the console:

[00000XXX] freetype private error: failed to load font file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/timesbd.ttf



Expected Results:

Comment 1 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-11 09:26:19 UTC

Seems like both the original font ( /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerifBold.ttf ) and the replacement ( /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/timesbd.ttf ) aren't in a typical gentoo system.

We can simply change the replacement with one of xorg, but this could be a problem if it's built without those fonts.
Another option could be to add a dependency on a free font like ttf-bitstream-vera and simply use it as replacement, this way we are sure that the font exists.
The problem of that solution is that it will add another dependency to the package.

Comment 2 Chris White (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-27 20:40:30 UTC

All closed by bug #86419's resolving.