Re: Avoid an embedded font in a package

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Am Mittwoch, 8. Januar 2014, 06:36:41 schrieb Ralf Corsepius:
> On 01/07/2014 09:36 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 21:26:04 +0100,
> > 
> >    Mario Blättermann <mario.blaettermann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> while packaging the SDL game hex-a-hop [1], I stumbled upon an
> >> embedded font
> >> which is already in Fedora. It is Liberation Serif.
> >> 
> >> What to do in this case? I would remove the embedded file and create a
> >> symlink
> >> from the liberation-fonts package to hex-a-hop, but this would cause a
> >> dangling symlink. Another solution would be to tell the configure
> >> script which
> >> font file should be used, but I have't found the solution yet.
> > 
> > I believe the dangling symlink is the correct way to do this. Make sure
> > you have the appropriate requires so that the font will be installed.
> 
> Agreed, it's what I've been doing in similar cases.
> 
OK, thanks all for the info. The appropriate package is now ready for review:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050166

Best Regards,
Mario
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