Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:00:55 +0200 (CEST) From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/41716: x11-fonts/webfonts cannot be fetched anymore Message-ID: <200208161800.g7GI0tEZ047351@kajsa.energyhq.tk>
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>Number: 41716 >Category: ports >Synopsis: x11-fonts/webfonts cannot be fetched anymore >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Aug 16 11:10:01 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Miguel Mendez >Release: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD kajsa.energyhq.tk 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #0: Mon Aug 12 20:21:03 CEST 2002 root@kajsa.energyhq.tk:/usr/src/sys/compile/KAJSA i386 >Description: According to an article in Extreme Tech (http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,469394,00.asp), Microsoft has pulled the webfonts from their website, so they can't be fetched anymore. >How-To-Repeat: flynn@kajsa# pwd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts flynn@kajsa# sudo make fetch If you want font aliases that work around Netscape's tiny font bug (4.x ONLY), hit Ctrl-C right now and use "make WITH_NETSCAPE_ALIASES=yes" If you want "Arial Unicode MS", a complete Unicode 2.1 font (13.7MB download), hit Ctrl-C right now and use "make WITH_ARIAL_UNICODE=yes" >Fix: This port should be deleted IMHO, unless there's a legal way to have a copy of the font files (which I doubt). >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: >> andale32.exe doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/webfonts. >> Attempting to fetch from http://www.microsoft.com/typography/downloads/. fetch: andale32.exe: Not Found >> Attempting to fetch from http://www.eu.microsoft.com/typography/downloads/. fetch: andale32.exe: Not Found >> Attempting to fetch from http://www.asia.microsoft.com/typography/downloads/. fetch: andale32.exe: Not Found >> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/webfonts/. fetch: andale32.exe: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) >> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/webfonts and try again. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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