Debian Bug report logs - #683693
fontconfig: Installation of fontconfig on wheezy fails with "fc-cache: undefined symbol: FcDirCacheRead"

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: jbd <jbd@jbdenis.net>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: fontconfig: Installation of fontconfig on wheezy fails with "fc-cache: undefined symbol: FcDirCacheRead"

Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:26:00 +0200

Package: fontconfig
Version: 2.9.0-6
Severity: normal

Hello,

I don't know if my system is on a clean state (apt-get dist-upgrade
aborted multiple time). I take the risk to report a potential bug.

I've got symbolic lookup error when trying to install fontconfig. 

# sudo apt-get purge fontconfig
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  fontconfig*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 486 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
(Reading database ... 65135 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fontconfig ...
Purging configuration files for fontconfig ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...

# sudo apt-get install fontconfig
....
Setting up fontconfig (2.9.0-6) ...
Cleaning up old fontconfig caches... done.
Regenerating fonts cache... failed.
See /var/log/fontconfig.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing fontconfig (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fontconfig
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

# cat /var/log/fontconfig.log 
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 190: invalid match target "scan"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 199: invalid match target "scan"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 208: invalid match target "scan"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 217: invalid match target "scan"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 226: invalid match target "scan"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 235: invalid match target "scan"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 244: invalid match target "scan"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 17: invalid match target "scan"
/usr/share/fonts: fc-cache: symbol lookup error: fc-cache: undefined symbol: FcDirCacheRead

If I try to run fc-cache for example :

# fc-cache 
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 17: invalid match target "scan"
....
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 244: invalid match target "scan"
fc-cache: symbol lookup error: fc-cache: undefined symbol: FcDirCacheLoad

Or fc-list :

# fc-list 
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 17: invalid match target "scan"
....
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 244: invalid match target "scan"
fc-list: symbol lookup error: fc-list: undefined symbol: FcPatternFormat

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages fontconfig depends on:
ii  fontconfig-config  2.9.0-6
ii  libc6              2.13-33
ii  libfontconfig1     2.9.0-6

fontconfig recommends no packages.

fontconfig suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 683693@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <jbd@jbdenis.net>

To: <683693@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#683693: fontconfig: Installation of fontconfig on wheezy fails with "fc-cache: undefined symbol: FcDirCacheRead"

Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:59:55 +0200

> Hello,
> 
> I don't know if my system is on a clean state (apt-get dist-upgrade
> aborted multiple time). I take the risk to report a potential bug.
> 
> I've got symbolic lookup error when trying to install fontconfig. 

Sorry for this false report.

My system was indeed in a weird state. After performing some cleaning
(rm -rf /usr/X11R6/lib64/libfontconfig.so*)
everything is fine.

You can close this bug report.

Jean-Baptiste

Message #15 received at 683693-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christian PERRIER <bubulle@debian.org>

To: jbd@jbdenis.net, 683693-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#683693: fontconfig: Installation of fontconfig on wheezy fails with "fc-cache: undefined symbol: FcDirCacheRead"

Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 08:26:40 +0200

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Quoting jbd@jbdenis.net (jbd@jbdenis.net):
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I don't know if my system is on a clean state (apt-get dist-upgrade
> > aborted multiple time). I take the risk to report a potential bug.
> > 
> > I've got symbolic lookup error when trying to install fontconfig. 
> 
> Sorry for this false report.
> 
> My system was indeed in a weird state. After performing some cleaning
> (rm -rf /usr/X11R6/lib64/libfontconfig.so*)
> everything is fine.
> 
> You can close this bug report.


Anybody can, by just doing what I'm doing right now..:-)


Thanks for thinking abou treporting a bug, even if, this time, this
was not really one.

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