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==================
Current SPEC file
==================

  msttcore-fonts-installer-2.2-1.spec

======================
Historical SPEC Files
======================

For more details see the changelog below.
Kudos to Hnr Kordewiner <hnr@kordewiner.com> for tracking down a lot of these files.
I added the authors (alias) name cause the revision numbering was not consistent.

msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec-noa_resare
  The original msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec from Noa Resare.
  This is the original location:
    http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec

msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec-leigh123linux
  This fixed the sourceforge mirror problem and the deprecation
  problem.  It's directly derived from 2.0-1.  This was posted
  Nov 30 2011 at

    http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1534927&postcount=2

msttcorefonts-2.0-2.spec-bartlett
  * Mon Feb 18 2008 Andrew Bartlett <abartlet samba org> 2.0-2
  - available from http://moin.kordewiner.com/helpdesk/fedora/mscorefonts?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=msttcorefonts-2.0-2.spec

msttcore-fonts-2.0-3.spec-alsadi
  * Wed Jun 25 2008  Muayyad Saleh Alsadi <alsadi gmail com> 2.0-3

msttcorefonts-2.0-3.spec-fakhfakh
  * Mon Jun 07 2010 Zied FAKHFAKH <fzied@dottn.com> 2.0-3
  - available from http://moin.kordewiner.com/helpdesk/fedora/mscorefonts?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=msttcorefonts-2.0-3.spec

msttcore-fonts-2.0-4.spec-ferris02
  * Tue Jun 16 2009  Dennis Johnson 2.0-4
  - from http://fenris02.fedorapeople.org/msttcore-fonts-2.0-4.spec

msttcore-fonts-2.0-5.spec-kordweiner
  * Sat Dec 11 2010  Hnr Kordewiner <hnr@kordewiner.com> 2.0-5
  - from http://moin.kordewiner.com/helpdesk/fedora/mscorefonts?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=msttcore-fonts-2.0-5.spec

msttcore-fonts-2.0-6.spec-ferris02
  * Mon Aug 15 2011  Dennis Johnson 2.0-6
  - from http://fenris02.fedorapeople.org/msttcore-fonts-2.0-6.spec

msttcore-fonts-2.0-7.spec
  Me.  This builds a big rpm with all the fonts in it.  Due to the
  EULA this is only suitable for local/private distribution.

msttcore-fonts-2.1-1.spec
  Me.  This builds a small rpm that downloads the fonts at install
  time.  This is distributable.

msttcore-fonts-2.1-2.spec
  Me.  This cleans up the spec file and optimizes the download.

===========
Description
===========
This provides the TrueType core fonts for the web that were once
available from http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/ prior
to 2002, and most recently updated in the European Union Expansion
Update circa May 2007, still available on the Microsoft website.

With this rpm the actual font cab files are downloaded from a
Sourceforge project mirror and unpacked at install time. Therefore
this package technically does not 'redistribute' the fonts.  The
fonts are then added to the core X fonts system as well as the Xft
font system.

These are the cab files downloaded:

    andale32.exe, arialb32.exe, comic32.exe, courie32.exe,
    georgi32.exe, impact32.exe, webdin32.exe, EUupdate.EXE,
    wd97vwr32.exe

These cab files are only downloaded if EUupdate.EXE cannot be
downloaded, since the EUupdate.EXE cab contains updates for
the fonts in these cabs:

    arial32.exe, times32.exe, trebuc32.exe, verdan32.exe

These are the fonts added:

    1998 Andale Mono
    2006 Arial: bold, bold italic, italic, regular
    1998 Arial: black
    1998 Comic: bold, regular
    2000 Courier: bold, bold italic, italic, regular
    1998 Impact
    2006 Times: bold, bold italic, italic, regular
    2006 Trebuchet: bold, bold italic, italic, regular
    2006 Verdana: bold, bold italic, italic, regular
    1998 Webdings

==========
Changelog
==========
* Sun Oct 7 2012  Rob Janes <janes.rob gmail com> 2.2-1
- moved install script to shell script, run in post step
- switched to sha256 from md5
- available at
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mscorefonts2/specs/msttcore-fonts-installer-2.2-1.spec

* Mon Sep 15 2012  Rob Janes <janes.rob gmail com> 2.1-2
- updated comments, messages, description and such.
- don't download older cabs for fonts in the EUupdate.EXE file,
  unless the download for the EUupdate failed.
- available at
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mscorefonts2/specs/msttcore-fonts-2.1-2.spec

* Sat Sep 8 2012  Rob Janes <janes.rob gmail com> 2.1-1
- generates distributable rpm that downloads and unpacks the fonts at
  install time, not rpmbuild time
- available at
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mscorefonts2/specs/msttcore-fonts-2.1-1.spec

* Sat Sep 8 2012  Rob Janes <janes.rob gmail com> 2.0-7
- added EUupdate.EXE European Union Expansion Update circa May 2007
- refactored sourceforge mirror stuff
- replaced wget with curl, which seems to be installed by default on fedora
- replaced ttmkfdir with mkfontscale and mkfontdir.  This creates fonts.dir file
  for the core X font system.  ttmkfdir has been supersceded by mkfontdir - they
  both create fonts.dir but mkfontdir is part of xorg-x11-font-utils.
- removed 09-msttcorefonts.conf and refactored fc-cache lines.  fc-cache walks
  subdirectories so the 09-msttcorefonts.conf to add the /usr/share/font/msttcore
  is redundant.  fc-cache indexes for the Xft font system, not the legacy core X
  font system.
- added 09-msttcore-fontpath.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d for core X font system
- added xset fp+ to add the fontdirectory to core X font for the current session so
  the installer doesn't have to relogin.
- available at
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mscorefonts2/specs/msttcore-fonts-2.0-7.spec

* Mon Aug 15 2011  Dennis Johnson 2.0-6
- BuildRequires ttmkfdir, cabextract, wget
- removes Requires
- fixes sourceforge mirror
- generates 09-msttcorefonts.conf
- restores call to ttmkfdir in %install section
- available from http://fenris02.fedorapeople.org/msttcore-fonts-2.0-6.spec

* Sat Dec 11 2010  Hnr Kordewiner <hnr@kordewiner.com> 2.0-5
- move 09-msttcorefonts.conf to this spec file
- drop %{ttmkfdir} - again
- msttcore fonts history site setup at http://moin.kordewiner.com/helpdesk/fedora/mscorefonts
- available from http://moin.kordewiner.com/helpdesk/fedora/mscorefonts?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=msttcore-fonts-2.0-5.spec

* Mon Jun 07 2010 Zied FAKHFAKH <fzied@dottn.com> 2.0-3
- removed chkfontpath dependency for Fedora >= 9
- removed prerun and post chkconfig reference
- divergent development, same purpose as Andrew Bartlett's but derived from Noa Resare's 2.0-1
- available from http://moin.kordewiner.com/helpdesk/fedora/mscorefonts?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=msttcorefonts-2.0-3.spec

* Tue Jun 16 2009  Dennis Johnson 2.0-4
- Provides msttcorefonts
- Requires ttmkfdir, cabextract
- restores call to ttmkfdir in %install section
- available from http://fenris02.fedorapeople.org/msttcore-fonts-2.0-4.spec

* Wed Jun 25 2008  Muayyad Saleh Alsadi <alsadi gmail com> 2.0-3
- drop %{ttmkfdir} completely 

* Mon Feb 18 2008 Andrew Bartlett <abartlet samba org> 2.0-2
- Make work with Fedora 9 fonts system
- available from http://moin.kordewiner.com/helpdesk/fedora/mscorefonts?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=msttcorefonts-2.0-2.spec

* Sun May 07 2006 Noa Resare <noa resare com> 2.0-1
- checksums downloads
- random mirror
- use redistributable word 97 viewer as source for tahoma.ttf
- available from http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec

* Mon Mar 31 2003 Daniel Resare <noa resare com> 1.3-4
- updated microsoft link
- updated sourceforge mirrors

* Mon Nov 25 2002 Daniel Resare <noa resare com> 1.3-3
- the install dir is now deleted when the package is uninstalled
- executable permission removed from the fonts
- executes fc-cache after install if it is available

* Thu Nov 07 2002 Daniel Resare <noa resare com> 1.3-2
- Microsoft released a new service-pack. New url for Tahoma font.

* Thu Oct 24 2002 Daniel Resare <noa resare com> 1.3-1
- removed python hack
- removed python hack info from description
- made tahoma inclusion depend on define
- added some info on the ttmkfdir define

* Tue Aug 27 2002 Daniel Resare <noa resare com> 1.2-3
- fixed spec error when tahoma is not included 

* Tue Aug 27 2002 Daniel Resare <noa resare com> 1.2-2
- removed tahoma due to unclear licensing
- parametrized ttmkfdir path (for mandrake users)
- changed description text to reflect the new microsoft policy

* Thu Aug 15 2002 Daniel Resare <noa resare com> 1.2-1
- changed distserver because microsoft no longer provides them

* Tue Apr 09 2002 Daniel Resare <noa resare com> 1.1-3
- fixed post/preun script to actually do what they were supposed to do

* Tue Mar 12 2002 Daniel Resare <noa resare com> 1.1-2
- removed cabextact from this package
- added tahoma font from ie5.5 update

* Fri Aug 25 2001 Daniel Resare <noa metamatrix se>
- initial version
Source: README, updated 2012-10-07