Bug 1757678

Summary: [grace] aborts upon startup and complains "--> Broken or incomplete installation - read the FAQ!"
Product: [Fedora] Fedora EPEL Reporter: dlr
Component: graceAssignee: Terje Røsten <terje.rosten>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: epel7CC: itamar, jamatos, klang, terje.rosten, vruwink
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Fixed In Version: grace-5.1.25-21.el7 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2021-04-08 21:32:05 UTC Type: Bug
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Description dlr 2019-10-02 06:43:23 UTC
Description of problem:
xmgrace refuses to start with:
--> Broken or incomplete installation - read the FAQ!

Same issue as in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502175 but on REHL 7.7

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
grace-5.1.23-4.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
Start xmgrace

Steps to Reproduce:
1.isntall grace 
2. start xmgrace

Actual results:
Message in shell: --> Broken or incomplete installation - read the FAQ!
sctrace result with:

stat("/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/s050000l.pfb", 0x7ffd05fc94b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/z003034l", 0x7ffd05fc94b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

Expected results:
start of Programm

Additional info:

Comment 1 Tim Vruwink 2019-10-04 16:56:08 UTC
We are running up against this issue as well.
Looks like it was repackaged for Fedora?  Can we get a new EPEL package with the newest (fixed) versions?
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1757678

Comment 2 Tim Vruwink 2019-10-04 16:57:50 UTC
I should add - for CentOS7.7.  Can't see a way to edit my post.

Comment 3 keelan 2019-12-12 16:21:52 UTC
Any updates on this? I'm on Tim's team and we still have users facing this problem, to my knowledge.

Comment 4 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2020-12-14 14:52:54 UTC
This package has changed maintainer in the Fedora.
Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2021-03-24 19:59:17 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2021-a9eeccaee2 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2021-a9eeccaee2

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2021-03-25 01:59:31 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2021-a9eeccaee2 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2021-a9eeccaee2

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2021-04-08 21:32:05 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2021-a9eeccaee2 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.