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plymouth package

  1. Bug #1592405
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 1592405

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 1592405] Re: plymouth hook in initramfs needs font but doesn't Depend on it

On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 01:47:17AM -0000, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> Which is correct! We still do need a serif font....

We do?

$ grep -ri serif plymouth-0.9.3/
plymouth-0.9.3/debian/changelog: * Make the Ubuntu font the default sans-serif & mono fonts. LP: #1592405
plymouth-0.9.3/debian/changelog: * In the ubuntu-logo theme fallback to sans-serif font, if Ubuntu font
plymouth-0.9.3/debian/local/plymouth.hook: cp -a /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu"
plymouth-0.9.3/debian/local/plymouth.hook: # Make Ubuntu the default sans-serif, and mono fonts
plymouth-0.9.3/debian/patches/ubuntu-logo.patch:+ubuntufont = "Ubuntu, sans-serif 11";
plymouth-0.9.3/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.script:ubuntufont = "Ubuntu, sans-serif 11";
$

> and a fallback font for languages not covered by the ubuntu font.

The plymouth initramfs hook has no l10n support.

> Are you implying DejaVu font is not shipped by default on Lubuntu at all?

Probably. Even if it was, it would still be a bug for the plymouth hook to
require it without a dependency.