[Debian-in-workers] Bug#853848: Bug#853848: fonts-deva-extra: unneeded directory in /etc/fonts/conf.avail/

[Vasudev Kamath]

Control: clone -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6
Control: reassign -2 fonts-telu-extra
Control: reassign -3 fonts-beng-extra
Control: reassign -4 fonts-gujr-extra
Control: reassign -5 fonts-guru-extra
Control: reassign -6 fonts-orya-extra

Hi Laurent,

Laurent Bonnaud <L.Bonnaud at laposte.net> writes:

> Package: fonts-deva-extra
> Version: 3.0-3
> Severity: normal
>
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> this package (and several other ones maintained by you) creates directories in /etc/fonts/conf.avail/ and those directories contain only one file with the same name as the directory:
>
> $ ls -l /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-0-fonts-????-extra.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  684 Feb 25  2012 /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-0-fonts-telu-extra.conf
>
> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-0-fonts-beng-extra.conf:
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1064 Aug 23  2015 65-0-fonts-beng-extra.conf
>
> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-0-fonts-deva-extra.conf:
> total 8
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5035 Nov  3  2012 65-0-fonts-deva-extra.conf
>
> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-0-fonts-gujr-extra.conf:
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 687 Jan  7  2012 65-0-fonts-gujr-extra.conf
>
> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-0-fonts-guru-extra.conf:
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 689 Feb 25  2012 65-0-fonts-guru-extra.conf
>
> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-0-fonts-orya-extra.conf:
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 678 Feb 25  2012 65-0-fonts-orya-extra.conf
>
>
> This is most probably an error and it would be simpler and more coherent with other font packages to remove those extra directories.
>

Thanks for reporting this!. It was accidental and not intentional. I
think I ended up adding final component in the install file resulting in
creation of the additional directory. I will fix those.

Cheers,