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Bug in fontconfig postinstall script: spaces in *.ttf


The zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh postinstall script links all *.ttf fonts in $(cygpath -W)/Fonts that contain âMicrosoft Corpâ into /usr/share/fonts/microsoft.  This script creates broken links when such a font contains a space in its filename, as happens with SketchFlow\ Print.ttf on my system.

This error happens silently, but on the next run of setup.exe, you get a postinstall script error resulting from Cygwinâs refusal to chase an infinite link from Print.ttf to Print.ttf.  You also get a broken link to SketchFlow, but since it is not a tail-chaser, it doesnât trigger the error.

The trivial fix for this is left as an exercise to the packager. :)

Incidentally, that font has a web page:

  http://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/sneak-preview-sketchflow-print

Kind of an interesting read.

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