[Bug 17232] Lohnabzug: consistently crashes on first run after install

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17232





--- Comment #17 from Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net>  2009-04-27 11:44:39 ---
Hello,

ok I see it now, the fix for broken Samyak truetype font still lives only in
trunk but not in official wintricks release from kegel.com

You might try a newer version from there:

--- snip ---
svn export http://winezeug.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/winetricks
--- snip ---

--- quote ---
So it seems this is no Wine issue after all. But where to report this now? At
winetricks, so that they can introduce another dirty hack? I guess so; the fact
that fontfix is in there at all tells me that the real upstream for the fonts
isn't very likely to fix this issue soon :(
--- quote ---

Actually I don't know in detail if the problem is due to M$ way of interpreting
truetype/opentype standards (compliancy) or real bugs with the font
(header/tables/properties/glyph outlines).
Fedora had significant fixes for this font package last year, I don't know
about Ubuntu.

I suggest that you add a "HOWTO" section to the appdb entry you manage
(http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=15365) describing
all the steps needed to get the app to run.
Just something like:
"Make sure you install app xxx in clean WINEPREFIX"
"use winetricks 'aaa bbb ccc' to install required prerequisites" (and
description where to get it)
"run the installer"
"<additional notes" (like the automatic/manual font fixes needed when
encountering this problem)
That way people overcome obstacles easier and guesswork is prevented.

People tend to look for "HOWTO" and/or "NOTES" when visiting appdb entry but
not study test reports.
You put the crucial info in the test report.

If you need examples have a look at the entries I manage (although a bit
over-engineered to cover every possible user error) ;-)

You close this bug -> "INVALID" because the problem is not a Wine bug.

Regards


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