Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: console-cyrillic
Summary:
- config breaks if you don't have a Cyrllic keyboard
- description claims it contains Cyrllic fonts (really just depends on
console-terminus)
- possibly wider-use utils (displayfont, dumppsf, makeacm, mkvgafont, raw2psf)
should be split out
Details:
Ubuntu 10.10 "Mutant Mongoose", i386, package console-cyrllic version
0.9-16
Transcript (in adequate ASCII rendition):
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$ sudo apt-get install console-cyrllic ##### actually part of a larger
install
Selecting previously deselected package console-cyrillic.
Unpacking console-cyrillic (from .../console-cyrillic_0.9-16_all.deb) ...
Setting up console-cyrillic (0.9-16) ...
Package configuration ##### <<=== here it's running
`dpkg --configure console-cyrillic`
Cyrillic on Console
Please choose the keyboard layout to load at boot time.
Choose the keyboard layout
Belarusian
Bulgarian BDS
Bulgarian phonetic
Kazakh
Kazakh with letter IO
Macedonian
Mongolian
Russian
Russian Winkeys
Serbian
Ukrainian
Ukrainian Winkeys
<Ok> <Cancel>
<Cancel>
Unknown keyboard
dpkg: error processing console-cyrillic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
console-cyrillic
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I don't have any sort of Cyrllic keyboard, nor do I want to install a
layout for one. I installed the package for its supposed payload of
Cyrllic *fonts*. So I was forced to choose "<Cancel>".
This leaves the package in a half-installed state. Corresponding
excerpt from /var/log/dpkg.log:
==============================================================================
2010-10-14 11:47:07 install console-cyrillic <none> 0.9-16
2010-10-14 11:47:07 status half-installed console-cyrillic 0.9-16
2010-10-14 11:47:07 status half-installed console-cyrillic 0.9-16
2010-10-14 11:47:08 status half-installed console-cyrillic 0.9-16
2010-10-14 11:47:11 status unpacked console-cyrillic 0.9-16
2010-10-14 11:47:12 status unpacked console-cyrillic 0.9-16
...
2010-10-14 11:51:15 configure console-cyrillic 0.9-16 0.9-16
2010-10-14 11:51:15 status unpacked console-cyrillic 0.9-16
2010-10-14 11:51:15 status unpacked console-cyrillic 0.9-16
2010-10-14 11:51:15 status half-configured console-cyrillic 0.9-16
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I eventually figured out that console-cyrllic doesn't actually provide
any fonts itself, it just implies them by depending on console-terminus.
So I will remove it to get rid of the broken package.
console-cyrllic does contain some potentially useful utilities
(displayfont, dumppsf, makeacm, mkvgafont, raw2psf) so it really ought
to be installable without committing to an unwanted alternative keyboard
layout. Or split those utilities out and clarify the package
description of console-cyrllic. The description currently says:
This package provides Cyrillic support on the Linux console with great
number of customizations:
...
3) Many screen fonts.
-- strongly implying that the fonts come from this package rather than a
dependency.
** Affects: console-cyrillic (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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cannot install console-cyrllic without choosing a Cyrllic keyboard layout
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661140
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