*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1651923 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1651923
Jeremy, comment 59:
> the next Ubuntu bugfix update for this package (if there is one)
> will be numbered something like 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2.1
It would be 3.4+nmu1ubuntu3 I believe. But there will be no new version
of this package to fix this bug, as it has to be fixed in another
package (apt), not in this package (ttf-mscorefonts-installer).
cbcymru, comment 60:
> So have those of us who have switched to version 3.6, and there
> seem to be many, left our computers vulnerable?
Only if there is a security vulnerability in Debian's v3.6 ttf-
mscorefonts-installer, and only if it is found...
> When the 3.4 version bug is finally fixed how could we switch back
> to the fixed version 3.4?
I was just wondering about that and it seems as trivial as using dpkg
with the "purge" action (-P, --purge) instead of the "install" action
(-i, --install):
$ dpkg -P /path/to/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb
And then you'd install the Ubuntu package. Running what Jeremy proposes
in comment 61 would also install the Ubuntu package but without
uninstalling the Debian package before, and given that these packages
have differences, I'd rather be on the safe side and run whatever pre-
removal and post-removal scripts are included in the Debian package.
cbcymru, comment 62:
> If you should discover how to stop the install prompt before
> the fix is found, please post the details.
Lesley Binks in comment 18 suggests removing the file:
/var/lib/update-notifier/user.d/data-downloads-failed
which he says triggers the message. Unfortunately he hasn't reported yet
if it works and is safe. Also, note that this is in the context of
Vincent Gerris's workaround in comment 17, not in the context of using
Debian's version 3.6.
Obviously, if you don't need Microsoft's Core Fonts, you may just
uninstall the package.
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