Ubuntu
wine1.2 package

ttf-tahoma-replacement dependency causes unexpected changes in other applications

Bug #514493 reported by Paul Natsuo Kishimoto
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
wine1.2 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Scott Ritchie

Bug Description

Binary package hint: wine1.2

As originally discussed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine1.2/+bug/412195 :

wine1.2 recommends ttf-tahoma-replacement. Synaptic, the Ubuntu Software Centre and other tools install recommended packages by default. As a consequence, any website which specifies "Tahoma" as a font will be rendered differently in Firefox and possibly other browsers. This is an unexpected behaviour for users who do not anticipate that, or understand why, installing Wine would cause this change.

One possible solution is to direct the default web browser, or all fontconfig-aware software, to ignore ttf-tahoma-replacement — for example, by configuration described at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine1.2/+bug/412195/comments/44 (and attached).

$ lsb_release -rd && apt-cache policy wine1.2 ttf-tahoma-replacement
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
wine1.2:
  Installed: 1.1.31-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.1.31-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1.1.31-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ttf-tahoma-replacement:
  Installed: 1.1.31-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.1.31-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1.1.31-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

See original description

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/wine1.2
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Paul Natsuo Kishimoto (khaeru) wrote :
skorasaurus (skoraw)
description: updated
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Iñigo Martinez (inigoml-inigoml) wrote :

My problem is that tahoma (ttf-tahoma-replacement) does not have a BOLD font.

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Iñigo Martinez (inigoml-inigoml) wrote :

And best opensource groupware is broken due to this issue.
Attached Zimbra web client. All emails and unread and should be "bolded".

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Iñigo Martinez (inigoml-inigoml) wrote :

This comes from Lucid (10.04) beta1 & 2.

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Iñigo Martinez (inigoml-inigoml) wrote :

workaroud: sudo dpkg --remove ttf-tahoma-replacement
:-)

Scott Ritchie (scottritchie)
Changed in wine1.2 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Scott Ritchie (scottritchie)
status: New → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wine1.2 - 1.1.42-0ubuntu2

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wine1.2 (1.1.42-0ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low

  * Make embedded tahoma font wine-specifc again [LP: #514493, #412195]
  * Rebuild with new libpng (LP: #554293)
  * Include IT translation for menu items (Sergio Zanchetta)
  * Higher version number to surpass PPA version (LP: #530493)
 -- Scott Ritchie <email address hidden> Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:08:44 -0700

Changed in wine1.2 (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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David Rahrer (david-rahrer) wrote :

It would seem that ttf-tahoma-replacement is now impossible to install with Wine 1.2 also installed, even for those who want it. I happen to like this font, and it solves a number of web formatting issues for me since I do not like installing ms-core fonts. Is there any way to allow installation of ttf-tahoma-replacement for use with the system concurrently with Wine?

Error upon install attempt:

Error: Breaks existing package 'wine1.2' conflict: ttf-tahoma-replacement ( )

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Derek White (d-man97) wrote :

Yes, very annoying David. Also, most user's will not know what to do when Synaptic complains about partial upgrade due to the need to un-install ttf-tahoma-replacement in order to update wine1.2.

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Scott Ritchie (scottritchie) wrote : Re: [Bug 514493] Re: ttf-tahoma-replacement dependency causes unexpected changes in other applications

On 09/16/2010 04:07 PM, Derek White wrote:
> Yes, very annoying David. Also, most user's will not know what to do
> when Synaptic complains about partial upgrade due to the need to un-
> install ttf-tahoma-replacement in order to update wine1.2.
>

The alternative is an empty ttf-tahoma-replacement package, which is
probably worse.

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