Issued:

2012-03-13

Updated:

2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0384 - liberation-fonts bug fix update

Synopsis

liberation-fonts bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated liberation-fonts packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The liberation-fonts packages provide fonts intended to replace the three most commonly used fonts on Microsoft systems: Times New Roman, Arial, and Courier New.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the "fonts.dir" file provided with the liberation-fonts packages was empty. As a consequence, legacy applications were not able to make use of liberation-fonts even when the package was installed. This was because the "mkfontscale" command was run after the "mkfontdir" command. The order of running the commands has been changed and legacy applications can use liberation-fonts as expected. (BZ#772165)

All users of liberation-fonts are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• liberation-fonts-1.05.1.20090721-5.el6.src.rpm
• liberation-sans-fonts-1.05.1.20090721-5.el6.noarch.rpm
• liberation-serif-fonts-1.05.1.20090721-5.el6.noarch.rpm
• liberation-fonts-common-1.05.1.20090721-5.el6.noarch.rpm
• liberation-mono-fonts-1.05.1.20090721-5.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

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References

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Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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