[Gambas-user] Attempted build of v3.6.0 RPM fails due to DejaVuSans.ttf require

[Tobias Boege]

On Fri, 17 Oct 2014, T Lee Davidson wrote:
> I am trying to build a RPM of Gambas 3.6.0 on my Mageia 3 system, 
> because I prefer to use package management instead of the 
> configure-make-install process.
> 
> I successfully built a v3.5.4 RPM by grabbing the Source RPM from the 
> Mageia development repository (Cauldron). However, v3.6.0 is not yet there.
> 
> So I grabbed the SPEC file from that SRPM 
> (http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/gambas3/current/SPECS/gambas3.spec) 
> and modified it slightly for v3.6.0.
> 
> The package seems to build just fine, but %install fails trying to 
> create a symlink to /usr/share/fonts/TTF/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf within 
> the 
> ~/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/gambas3-3.6.0-1.mga3.i386/usr/share/gambas3/gb.sdl/ 
> directory, since that directory does not exist after the build.
> 
> Apparently DejaVuSans.ttf was at one time required by the SDL component?
> 
> Whether or not it was ever required, is it required today by v3.6.0? Can 
> I safely remove that requirement from the SPEC file?
> 

There were things done to that file. Quoting the commit logs (in excerpts):

--8<------------------------------------------------------------------------
Revision: 5933
[GB.SDL]
* NEW: Rename the default SDL font file as "_default.ttf" to prevent
  packaging conflicts.

Added Paths:
-----------
    gambas/trunk/gb.sdl/src/data/_default.ttf

Removed Paths:
-------------
    gambas/trunk/gb.sdl/src/data/DejaVuSans.ttf

--8<------------------------------------------------------------------------
Revision: 5937
[GB.SDL]
* NEW: Use the Gambas monospace font as SDL default font now.

Added Paths:
-----------
    gambas/trunk/gb.sdl/src/data/_default.bdf

Removed Paths:
-------------
    gambas/trunk/gb.sdl/src/data/_default.ttf
--8<------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maybe you can go further from here?

Regards,
Tobi

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