On Sunday 21 September 2008, you wrote: > On Sunday 21 September 2008 16:36:21 Michael Renner wrote: > > Moin, > > Guten Tag,
Moin, > > I managed to build a font package that installs and uninstalls without > > problems. Therefor I checked how the xfont-base package works. But while > > there is a FontPath entry for /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc in > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf there is none entry for the new directory > > /usr/share/fonts/X11/sgi. > > > > How does this entry be generated by the postinst script? > > Basically you should not touch configuration files provided by other > packages. > > > Somehow with dpkg-reconfigure and debconf and dpkg-reconfigure, but how? > > Not that I'm a xfont expert, but you might want to look at > ttf-bitstream-vera and ttf-dejavu source packages; afaics they call > fc-cache and defoma from their maintainer scripts; that would suffice imho. Thanks for your answer. It seems to me that deforma can not handle the pcf font format for bitmaps. I only see support for type1 and ttf. bummer! -- |Michael Renner E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |D-81541 Munich Germany ICQ: #112280325 | |Germany Don't drink as root! ESC:wq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
