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#1 2022-06-03 12:03:56

gertvdijk
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[SOLVED] Why was ttf-windows removed from AUR?

Running my daily updates using paru as AUR helper, I noticed:

:: packages not in the AUR: ttf-windows

Also shown in package stats (-Ps):

$ paru -Ps
paru v1.10.0 - libalpm v13.0.1
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Total installed packages: 1124
Aur packages: 17
Repo packages: 1106
Explicitly installed packages: 206
Total Size occupied by packages: 8.13GiB
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Ten biggest packages:
[... omitted for brevity ...]
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:: packages not in the AUR: ttf-windows

But I needed this package to properly render documents with these Windows fonts. Now... How do I know what happened to the package in AUR? This is a generic question, not really specific to ttf-windows at all.

It's gone, while I would have hoped for a listing that mentions the reason for removal, a suggested possible replacement, or at least a confirmation of its prior existence. Is there a mailing list or some other authoritative way to check what happened to the package?

Should I install a replacement like ttf-ms-win11?

Last edited by gertvdijk (2022-06-03 12:50:05)

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#2 2022-06-03 12:09:24

Scimmia
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Re: [SOLVED] Why was ttf-windows removed from AUR?

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#3 2022-06-03 12:19:25

gertvdijk
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Re: [SOLVED] Why was ttf-windows removed from AUR?

Thank you!

The request was filed back in April but just became effective today (June) apparently, but no reply/confirmation about that. hmm
(Also had a look at aur-dev and aur-general.)

I guess this is leaving something to wish for, but OK, it's AUR after all, I guess. tongue

Update; the ttf-ms-win11-auto package was the replacement I was looking for.

Last edited by gertvdijk (2022-06-03 12:32:37)

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#4 2022-06-03 12:49:35

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Re: [SOLVED] Why was ttf-windows removed from AUR?

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