[Bug 1507803] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer is trying to force me to agree eula

[Paulo Silva]

thanks! that message from the terminal is shown because i actually
pinned this package as -1

i only could solve this running "sudo dpkg -i" on an equivalent .deb
package from Debian’s repository that doesn’t ask that EULA question
(and i guess that this package will be removed from Debian repository as
soon that situation appears there as appears from Ubuntu repository,
because Debian’s politics) - and i use to run a kind of cleanup bash
script that removes all these crappy typefaces

i can’t remember which packages uses ttf-mscorefonts-installer as
dependency, this situation happened when i run this bash script in a
fresh-install (Ubuntu 15.10 beta 2):

sudo apt-get install pommed chromium-browser conky-all gnome-color-chooser synaptic xvkbd
sudo apt-get install fluxbox jwm icewm wmaker wmclock docker fbpager
sudo apt-get install sdlbasic python-pygame radiotray pepperflashplugin-nonfree vlc bleachbit
sudo apt-get install caja engrampa pluma eom mate-terminal atril
sudo apt-get install mess mame openmsx fbzx stella fceu mednafen dgen
sudo apt-get install synaptic vlc gimp gimp-data gimp-plugin-registry gimp-data-extras
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre flashplugin-installer xchat hugin openshot
sudo apt-get install unace unrar zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils rar uudeview mpack arj cabextract file-roller
sudo apt-get install flac faac faad sox ffmpeg2theora libmpeg2-4 uudeview mpeg3-utils mpegdemux
sudo apt-get install liba52-dev mpeg2dec vorbis-tools id3v2 mpg321 mpg123 libflac++6 totem-mozilla icedax
sudo apt-get install lame libmad0 libjpeg-progs libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt-get install trayer cortina cameramonitor wmsystemtray wmctrl
sudo apt-get install rrootage parsec47 tumiki-fighters torus-trooper dangen tenmado
sudo apt-get install build-essential git cmake libsdl1.2-dev libboost-dev

(perhaps it is from ubuntu-restricted-extras i use to install because
codecs?)

i also think that wine has, almost for sure, ttf-mscorefonts-installer
as dependency

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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer is trying to force me to agree eula

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When i try to install packages via "sudo apt-get install" (and perhaps
  from synaptic as well), ttf-mscorefonts-installer appears as
  dependency, and it tries to force me to agree Microsoft’s EULA.

  The fact is that i don’t agree with whatever licensing coming from
  Microsoft, which blocks any further upgrade, because apt gets blocked
  with the message "cannot configure (current status `half-installed')"

  I think it is crucially important having the possibility of not
  agreeing with Microsoft’s EULA licensing - it’s quite annoying have to
  create a dummy package for replacing that

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