[smc-discuss] Re: Font problem

[Praveen A]

8 November 2008 3:30 PM നു, . Keralafarmer
<chandrasekharan.nair at gmail.com> എഴുതി:
> user at ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy libpango1.0-0 ttf-malayalam-fonts
> ttf-freefont
> libpango1.0-0:
>   Installed: 1.20.5-0ubuntu1
>   Candidate: 1.20.5-0ubuntu1
>   Version table:
>  *** 1.20.5-0ubuntu1 0
>         500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      1.20.1-1 0
>         500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

pango is good to go.

> ttf-malayalam-fonts:
>   Installed: 1:0.5.3
>   Candidate: 1:0.5.3
>   Version table:
>  *** 1:0.5.3 0
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      1:0.5.0-0ubuntu1 0
>         500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

Our latest version is 0.5.4. You can install it from
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/all/ttf-malayalam-fonts/download

I'm curious as to why Ubuntu did not take the latest version.

> ttf-freefont:
>   Installed: 20060501cvs-12
>   Candidate: 20060501cvs-12
>   Version table:
>  *** 20060501cvs-12 0
>         500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> user at ubuntu:~$

This is the 'guy' creating problems. Either you need to remove this
package or get a fixed version.
Hiran, does upstream have your fixes? Give the download location.

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