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

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This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 0.119ubuntu7

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update-notifier (0.119ubuntu7) precise; urgency=low

  * Use <proto>_proxy environment variables to choose the proxy to use for
    data downloads, not the apt proxy settings, because apt may be
    configured to point at a package-specific proxy.  This makes proxy
    configuration a little less convenient than before for the
    flashplugin-installer package, but it at least it makes it possible to
    have a different proxy setting for packages vs. arbitrary data
    downloads, which otherwise we don't have any way to support.
    LP: #979477.
  * Stop processing after a fatal download error, not just a transient one,
    so that we can't be tricked into feeding a partial list of files to a
    handler.  Thanks to Kees Cook for spotting the bug.  LP: #979426.
  * Flush stdout before calling subprocess, so that log output makes more
    sense.
  * Print a more meaningful status message when downloading, instead of just
    a bare URL.
  * Check for existence of /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader
    before trying to run it from our cron job, so that the package doesn't
    generate error messages when removed but not purged.
  * The action for our notification should call gksu instead of trying to
    run the command directly without root access.  This is imperfect because
    kubuntu won't have gksudo available by default, but it's an improvement
    over failing for everybody.  LP: #976761.
 -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com>   Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:49:10 +0000

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

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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