Re: font dependency with security/KeePass-2.23, lang/mono-2.10.9nb3, graphics/libgdiplus-2.10nb12 ?

[Ryo ONODERA <ryo_on%yk.rim.or.jp@localhost>]

From: Matthias Ferdinand 
<mf+ml.pkgsrc-users%netzwerkagentursaarland.de@localhost>, Date: Tue, 8 Oct 
2013 00:15:03 +0200

> Hello,
> 
> I tried to install security/KeePass-2.23nb1 (using lang/mono-2.10.9nb3
> and graphics/libgdiplus-2.10nb12) on a Linux system.
> 
> On the linux machine, I have X windows running (xfce4) and there are
> quite a few fonts installed, even the free MS truetype fonts.
> 
> As long as I do not also install some fonts from pkgsrc, starting up
> KeePass fails with the following message, indicating it is looking for
> some SansSerif font:
> 
> Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was 
> thrown by the type initializer for System.Windows.Forms.ThemeEngine ---> 
> System.ArgumentException: The requested FontFamily could not be found [GDI+ 
> status: FontFamilyNotFound]
>   at System.Drawing.GDIPlus.CheckStatus (Status status) [0x00000] in 
> <filename unknown>:0 
>   at System.Drawing.FontFamily..ctor (GenericFontFamilies genericFamily) 
> [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
>   at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Drawing.FontFamily:.ctor 
> (System.Drawing.Text.GenericFontFamilies)
>   at System.Drawing.FontFamily.get_GenericSansSerif () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
>   at System.Drawing.Font.CreateFont (System.String familyName, Single emSize, 
> FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte charSet, Boolean isVertical) 
> [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
>   at System.Drawing.Font..ctor (System.String familyName, Single emSize, 
> FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont) 
> [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
>   at System.Drawing.Font..ctor (System.String familyName, Single emSize, 
> System.String systemName) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
>   at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Drawing.Font:.ctor 
> (string,single,string)
>   at System.Drawing.SystemFonts.get_DefaultFont () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
>   at System.Windows.Forms.Theme..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
>   at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeWin32Classic..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
>   at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeVisualStyles..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
>   at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeEngine..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
>   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
>   at System.Windows.Forms.X11DesktopColors..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
> [ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: An 
> exception was thrown by the type initializer for 
> System.Windows.Forms.ThemeEngine ---> System.ArgumentException: The requested 
> FontFamily could not be found [GDI+ status: FontFamilyNotFound]
>   at System.Drawing.GDIPlus.CheckStatus (Status status) [0x00000] in 
> <filename unknown>:0 
>   at System.Drawing.FontFamily..ctor (GenericFontFamilies genericFamily) 
> [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
>   at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Drawing.FontFamily:.ctor 
> (System.Drawing.Text.GenericFontFamilies)
>   at System.Drawing.FontFamily.get_GenericSansSerif () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
>   at System.Drawing.Font.CreateFont (System.String familyName, Single emSize, 
> FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte charSet, Boolean isVertical) 
> [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
>   at System.Drawing.Font..ctor (System.String familyName, Single emSize, 
> FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont) 
> [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
>   at System.Drawing.Font..ctor (System.String familyName, Single emSize, 
> System.String systemName) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
>   at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Drawing.Font:.ctor 
> (string,single,string)
>   at System.Drawing.SystemFonts.get_DefaultFont () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
>   at System.Windows.Forms.Theme..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
>   at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeWin32Classic..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
>   at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeVisualStyles..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
>   at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeEngine..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
>   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
>   at System.Windows.Forms.X11DesktopColors..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename 
> unknown>:0 
> 
> 
> Actually it took me quite a while to realize that it might need a font
> from pkgsrc instead of the linux installation. Googling showed mainly
> answers that said "oh it works for me under KDE/Gnome/..., maybe you
> should switch".
> 
> KeePass runs find after installing e.g. fonts/dejavu-ttf or
> fonts/ms-ttf.
> 
> I don't know if there is any mechanism to indicate font dependencies,
> but some hint in the MESSAGE file of either KeePass, mono or libgdiplus
> might be nice.
> 
> Or am I simply missing a way how to configure pkgsrc packages to use the
> system fonts?

Some other packages also requires a font.
Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey etc.

But adding dependency to specific font package is bad idea, I feel.

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