[Bug 819106] [NEW] msttcorefonts fails to install because of bad fontconfig interaction

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Per the following bug
http://bugs.debian.org/636173
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/819097

fontconfig's postinst likes to delete empty directories in
/usr/share/fonts. Unfortunately, msttcorefonts packages an empty
directory, /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts, and depends on its
existence in its own postinst. Therefore, if you install these two
packages in the same install run, msttcorefonts' postinst fails.

I've attached a debdiff to create this directory in the postinst instead
of packaging it in debian/dirs.

This is a re-filing of my comment at the bottom of
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670629
I can't seem to reopen a "Fix released" bug, and it seemed better to open a new bug anyway. See that bug for some more context.

** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Ubuntu Foundations Team (ubuntu-foundations-team)
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: patch
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msttcorefonts fails to install because of bad fontconfig interaction
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/819106
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