Your message dated Sat, 10 Jan 2026 16:19:00 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1124437: fixed in freeciv 3.2.1+ds-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1124437,
regarding freeciv-client-sdl: Could not open font:
./../fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
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Package: freeciv-client-sdl
Version: 3.2.1+ds-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
On a GNOME testing/unstable desktop system, freeciv-client-sdl doesn't
start. Running from a terminal, it outputs:
3: Migrating options from sdl to sdl2 client
3: Using Video Output: x11
0: Could not open font: ./../fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
0: No usable default theme found, aborting!
or when running it from the GUI, the same messages appear in the systemd
Journal.
I encountered this while testing the version of sdl2-compat in
experimental (which switches the default SDL 2 implementation from
"classic" SDL 2 to sdl2-compat), but it is equally reproducible using
"classic" SDL 2
(export SDL_DYNAMIC_API='/usr/$LIB/sdl2-classic/libSDL2-2.0.so.0').
Perhaps the UI theme data needs updating for a changed font directory,
or perhaps it is resolving the given relative path from an unexpected base
directory?
On my test system, /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
exists as a regular file of size approximately 744K.
If I edit /usr/share/games/freeciv/themes/gui-sdl2/human/theme.themespec
like this:
```diff
-default_font_file = "./../fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
+default_font_file = "../../fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
```
to match the paths configured for CJK fonts, then it seems to work OK.
smcv
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (102, 'unstable'), (99, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.17.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages freeciv-client-sdl depends on:
ii fonts-arphic-uming 0.2.20080216.2-11
ii fonts-dejavu-core 2.37-8
ii fonts-ipafont-gothic 00303-23
ii fonts-noto-cjk 1:20240730+repack1-1
ii freeciv-data 3.2.1+ds-1
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.8-6
ii libc6 2.42-6
ii libcurl3t64-gnutls 8.18.0~rc2-1
ii libicu76 76.1-4
ii liblua5.4-0 5.4.8-1
ii liblzma5 5.8.2-1
ii libsdl2-2.0-0 2.32.62+ds-1
ii libsdl2-gfx-1.0-0 1.0.4+dfsg-7
ii libsdl2-image-2.0-0 2.8.8+dfsg-2
ii libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0 2.8.1+dfsg-5
ii libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0 2.24.0+dfsg-3
ii libzstd1 1.5.7+dfsg-2
ii zlib1g 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b2
Versions of packages freeciv-client-sdl recommends:
ii freeciv-server 3.2.1+ds-1
Versions of packages freeciv-client-sdl suggests:
pn freeciv-client-extras <none>
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: freeciv
Source-Version: 3.2.1+ds-2
Done: Tobias Frost <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
freeciv, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Tobias Frost <[email protected]> (supplier of updated freeciv package)
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:06:32 +0100
Source: freeciv
Architecture: source
Version: 3.2.1+ds-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Games Team <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Tobias Frost <[email protected]>
Closes: 1124437
Changes:
freeciv (3.2.1+ds-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Team upload.
* Fix font path for sdl2 client. (Closes: #1124437)
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