[Bug 979477] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer installation popup and probable failure

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

There is an apt proxy, in fact. This is a regression; the old script
before the change simply fetched the files directly.

We set the proxy with

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://internal-hostname:PORT/"

(where "internal-hostname" is a hostname, and "PORT" is a decimal for
the correct port on which the proxy runs.

If I remove the proxy specification, it works fine.

I think this is a bad way to go; the Apt proxy specifies specifically
where apt looks, and should not be specifying where downloads in general
happen.

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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer installation popup and probable failure

Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Recently we see the following when ttf-mscorefonts-installer is
  installed, after accepting licensing terms, a popup appears with the
  following contents:

  The following packages requested additional data downloads after package
   installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be
   processed.
   .
   .
     ttf-mscorefonts-installer
   .
   .
   The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download
   again now.  Running this command requires an active Internet connection.

  It happens repeatedly if you do  apt-get install --reinstall ttf-
  mscorefonts-installer.

  Something is wrong in the move of the download from
  /usr/lib/msttcorefonts/update-ms-fonts to wherever it is supposed to
  live now.

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