#980139 plymouth hook in initramfs-tools needs the dejavu font but didn't claim the dependency

Package:
plymouth
Source:
plymouth
Description:
boot animation, logger and I/O multiplexer
Submitter:
Arnie
Date:
2021-06-10 14:24:03 UTC
Severity:
important
#980139#5
Date:
2021-01-15 07:26:59 UTC
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I think the same issue is tracked in Ubuntu Launchpad as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1592405.

Unpacking linux-image-amd64 (5.9.15-1~bpo10+1) over (5.9.6-1~bpo10+1) ...
Setting up linux-image-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64 (5.9.15-1~bpo10+1) ...
I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64
I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64

cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf': No such file or directory
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth failed with return 1.

update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64 with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64 (--configure):
 installed linux-image-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64:
 linux-image-amd64 depends on linux-image-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64 (= 5.9.15-1~bpo10+1); however:
  Package linux-image-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64
 linux-image-amd64
#980139#10
Date:
2021-06-10 14:21:40 UTC
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This still seems to be an issue, the script checks if the dejavu font
is present and
if it is not it continues, but then the call to build the fc-cache
fails, presumably
because no fonts are present in DESTDIR.