[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

[Adrien Beau]

Hello everybody that recently commented on this issue (starting with
comment #10)!

I believe the core issue is in not in the msttcorefonts package: it is
modified on Ubuntu to delegate all downloads to the update-notifier
package, which is the one having issues. (That is why installing the
Debian version is a quick fix: it does not use update-notifier.)

The update-notifier package itself delegates the download to the apt-
helper program from the apt package, which is the one having a problem
and which should be fixed.

Have a look at the following issue for the details, and vote on it if
you are affected:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1655431

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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts
  and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  As noted in
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1371783/comments/45,
  the current 3.4 version of ttf-mscorefonts-installer searches for the
  font files in an incorrect network location. The consequence of this
  is that the core fonts are never installed.

  The Debian (upstream) version 3.6 of ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  searches for the font files in the correct network location, and will
  successfully install the core fonts.

  This problem occurs with Ubuntu 16.04 as of July 2016. (And with
  earlier versions, including current LTS.)

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