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From: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Font missing after xorg upgrade
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:39:48 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7bef1f890607130239y3a12f960j878ea0f36e37d10b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44B5B420.5050300@gentoo.org>

I haven't checked lately, but when I upgraded to modular Xorg, the
following font package was missing:

      media-fonts/font-schumacher-misc

I was unable to run a program I'd compiled myself---xtide.

Alan Davis

On 7/13/06, Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> > I notice that some of the fonts you mention are keyword masked (at
> > least on x86).  For example font-bitstream-* (except for -vera) and
> > font-ibm-type1.  Are these fonts less tested?  Would you recommend
> > unmasking all of them?  Would you want me to file a bug asking for
> > stabilization?  I should add that I am not at all hurting with just
> > the (stable) fonts that I do have installed.
>
> I've mentioned this elsewhere, but the idea is that we're trying to
> figure out which programs, fonts, etc people really use and need. If you
> actually use something (not just install it and never use the fonts or
> whatever), please file a bug requesting that it be stabled.
>
> Thanks,
> Donnie
>
>
>
>


-- 
Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan  lngndvs@gmail.com     1-670-256-2043

I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I
must share it with other people who like it.
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      reply	other threads:[~2006-07-13  9:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-12 19:15 [gentoo-user] Font missing after xorg upgrade darren kirby
2006-07-12 20:01 ` Donnie Berkholz
2006-07-12 21:30   ` darren kirby
2006-07-12 21:50     ` Donnie Berkholz
2006-07-13  1:41       ` Allan Gottlieb
2006-07-13  2:46         ` Donnie Berkholz
2006-07-13  9:39           ` Alan E. Davis [this message]

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