Bug 64487

Summary:	ttmkfdir is Aborting
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Raw Hide	Reporter:	Sammy <umar>
Component:	XFree86	Assignee:	X/OpenGL Maintenance List <xgl-maint>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	1.0
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Description Sammy 2002-05-06 18:01:30 UTC

I noticed that ttmkfdir command, when ran in my truetype font
directory (which includes the MS web fonts) is just crashing
with a statement "Aborting".

This is for XFree86-4.2.0-8. The ttmkfdir that came with 
version XFree86-4.2.0-6.32 works fine in the same directory.

Comment 1 Mike A. Harris 2002-05-10 15:10:50 UTC

It doesn't crash for me with any ttf fonts I've got.  That means it
is a specific problem with those particular fonts you've got installed
causing the problem.  This can be a bug in ttmkfdir, or it could be
a bug in the font itself, as many fonts contain incorrect data. It's
also possible the font filenames do not follow the font filenaming
requirements that XFree86 requires.

Without a specific reproduceable test case and/or more data, there is
little I/we can do about the problem you're experiencing.

Can you provide me with further details, and narrow down the problem?

Comment 2 Sammy 2002-05-13 14:22:44 UTC

Created attachment 57084

Comment 3 Sammy 2002-05-13 14:23:02 UTC

 OK....I have narrowed it down to one font, mtsorts.ttf, which I am 
attaching.

Comment 4 Mike A. Harris 2002-06-22 01:13:03 UTC

The mtsorts.ttf font you have is buggy.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q138795

Solution: Delete this font.

Also, you have attached a copyrighted work of art to a publically viewable
bug report, which is a violation of the font's copyright - even though it
is a broken font.

Please do not attach copyrighted works into bug reports.  If you need to,
provide a URL to a file instead please.

Comment 5 Mike A. Harris 2016-09-30 05:08:57 UTC

Wow, bug necrofications.