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Packaging misstake in Linux client (All versions)

Chihomi Yoshikawa
Registered User
Join date: 14 Mar 2007
Posts: 5
03-27-2007 14:01
The file unicode.ttf in the root of the game directory is a link:
unicode.ttf -> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi/kochi-mincho.ttf

The file
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi/kochi-mincho.ttf
does not exist on my system allthough it exists with a different name:
/usr/share/fonts/kochi-substitute/kochi-mincho-subst.ttf

The package should either include this file and remove the symlink totally or scan for the file on first startup. I recommend the former solution.
Tofu Linden
Linden Lab Employee
Join date: 29 Aug 2006
Posts: 471
03-28-2007 02:15
From: Chihomi Yoshikawa
The file unicode.ttf in the root of the game directory is a link:
unicode.ttf -> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi/kochi-mincho.ttf

The file
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi/kochi-mincho.ttf
does not exist on my system allthough it exists with a different name:
This is on purpose, and harmless if it doesn't exist. This is simply to provide marginally better font support in the short term for people with this font here (mostly people on Debian derivatives).
Chihomi Yoshikawa
Registered User
Join date: 14 Mar 2007
Posts: 5
03-28-2007 11:12
I see, although is there any reason not to include this marginally better font support for all users?
Tofu Linden
Linden Lab Employee
Join date: 29 Aug 2006
Posts: 471
03-28-2007 11:32
There is no standard location for fonts across distributions. We will eventually use fontconfig to detect a good range of fonts dynamically.