ttf-fira-sans-ibx does not provide ttf-fira-sans

[nariox]

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right to post this, but I'm installing a package that requires ttf-fira-sans, but while the PKGBUILD states that ttf-fira-sans-ibx conflicts with ttf-fira-sans, it does not state that it also provides ttf-fira-sans. I was able to fix my problem ad-hoc, but just wanted to report this here.

[bohoomil]

Hi,

Does ttf-fira-sans-ibx have to provide ttf-fira-sans? I mean, is ttf-fira-sans a dependency for another package like, say, ttf-dejavu is? The provide array is used mostly in certain cases when package b is an equivalent of package a which in turn should be substituted with b for one reason or another (e.g. a is a dependency, b provides a better quality font than a, etc.). Other than that, conflicts is enough to prevent a double installation of a physically similar content (in this case, ttf-fira-sans-ibx provides additional fontconfig configuration files to ensure the rendering of the family is correct).

[nariox]

The package is beamer-theme-git, which is on AUR. The theme requires ttf-fira-sans to work. I don't know if the package is doing anything non-standard, but to "look right", it does need ttf-fira-sans to be installed.

I'm actually not sure what the default behavior in these cases should be. Should the theme package only require fonts as optional deps? Are there any risks of including "provides" in the PKGBUILD? I don't want to create a "dirty hack" just to solve a personal non-problem.

On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 10:11 PM, bohoomil notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi,

Does ttf-fira-sans-ibx have to provide ttf-fira-sans? I mean, is ttf-fira-sans a dependency for another package like, say, ttf-dejavu is? The provide array is used mostly in certain cases when package b is an equivalent of package a which in turn should be substituted with b for one reason or another (e.g. a is a dependency, b provides a better quality font than a, etc.). Other than that, conflicts is enough to prevent the double installation of a physically similar package (in this case, ttf-fira-sans-ibx provides additional fontconfig configuration files to ensure the rendering of the family is correct).

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[bohoomil]

This is absolutely not a problem for me to add the line: I only wanted to explain my packaging strategy so that you can see some logic behind it. Actually your case is exactly what I was asking about. And sure, I'll rebuild the package soon.

[nariox]

Thanks! (;

On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 10:20 PM, bohoomil notifications@github.com wrote:

This is absolutely not a problem for me to add the line: I only wanted to explain my packaging strategy so that you can see some logic behind it. Actually your case is exactly what I was asking about. And sure, I'll rebuild the package soon.

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