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Re: [Debathena] #975: ttf-msttcorefonts-installer postinst fails maybe?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Sun Jul 31 07:48:34 2011
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From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
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Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:47:56 -0400
Cc: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@mit.edu>, debathena@mit.edu
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To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
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Just for fun, what happens if you install -cluster on this machine? If that triggers the race condition, that's a problem, because it means all cluster installs will fail.
-Jon
On Jul 31, 2011, at 12:49 AM, Debathena Trac wrote:
> #975: ttf-msttcorefonts-installer postinst fails maybe?
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> Reporter: geofft | Owner:
> Type: defect | Status: reopened
> Priority: high | Milestone: Natty Release
> Component: -- | Resolution:
> Keywords: | See_also:
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>
> Comment(by kaduk):
>
> I ran two rounds of memtest86+ on w-a-thornhump-iii (SIPB's 790) with no
> issue.
> After that, I redid the PXE install as -workstation, and it got the same
> Directory nonexistent error for /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/README.
> If it is a rare race condition, I could see a VM not being able to tickle
> it easily.
> I guess one could check that installing stock natty, then running install-
> debathena.sh on that machine also got the error, then try a patched
> kernel. But that sounds like a lot of work.
>
> --
> Ticket URL: <http://debathena.mit.edu/trac/ticket/975#comment:6>
> Debathena <http://debathena.mit.edu/>
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