On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 10:06:19AM -0500, Douglas R. Reno via blfs-dev wrote: > > On 6/16/20 9:37 AM, Pierre Labastie via blfs-dev wrote: > > cups-filter-1.27.5 needs a font for its tests. The default one is > > DejaVuSans.ttf, but this can be changed with the --with-test-font-path > > switch. Normally this font is only used for tests, so shouldn't be > > required, but configure fails if DejaVuSans.ttf or the specified font > > is not installed. > > > > There are two possibilities: > > - make DejaVu fonts recommended > > - tweak configure so that it does not error out if the font is not > > there. > > > > Pierre > > > > > I suggest making the DejaVu fonts recommended. If I remember correctly, this > isn't the only package that relies off their existence. I could be wrong > about that though :) > > - Doug > My memory says the same, but after yesterday I know I'm often flakey.
For a desktop, I do not understand why anyone who natively uses an alphabetic language would NOT install DejaVu Sans. But for a server, probably it seems like useless overhead. However, we already list the DejaVu fotns as Optional (required for the tests), so I suggests changng them to Recommended (required for the tests). I often think it is nice to indicate _why_ something is recommended. ĸen -- So it's not 'I think, therefore I am', it's 'The computer thinks, therefore I think I am'. I've never actually thought about that before. -- Rimmer (a hologram), Red Dwarf, 'The Promised Land' -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
