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qcad package

qcad-data required for working font for dimensions

Bug #573354 reported by Jarvist Frost
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qcad (Debian)
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qcad (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: qcad

Without qcad-data, you do not have the fonts to show dimension labels on diagrams.

This makes the package useless for displaying or making cad diagrams & is very subtle to debug (no warning messages whatsoever, oblique reference in qcad documentation suggesting launching in installation directory for qcad to find fonts).

Simple fix --> require qcad-data !

Tags: patch
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Jarvist Frost (jarvist) wrote :

Simple test - single line with dimension displayed.
Will not show dimension without qcad-data.

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OrkanSpec (orkanspec) wrote :

qcad-data was "recommended" in karmic for qcad package, it is no longer "recommended" in lucid.
This causes problems like mentioned above.
Please set this package as "recommended" fo qcad to be installed automatically.

Changed in qcad (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Ben Crisford (bencrisford)
Changed in qcad (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ben Crisford (bencrisford)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Ben Crisford (bencrisford) wrote :

Debdiff attatched.

Changed in qcad (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Confirmed
assignee: Ben Crisford (bencrisford) → nobody
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David Stansby (dstansby-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This needs submitting upstream to debian

tags: added: patch
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Ridgeland (rambutan1) wrote :

me too!
I vote for having Synaptics automatically install qcad-data with qcad so dimension lines can be displayed.
I installed qcad in April so maybe this is already fixed. I just used qcad on Ubuntu 10.04 for the first time and the problem showed up. I downloaded qcad-data and the dimensions in a saved file suddenly appear.

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Scott Howard (showard314) wrote :

Thanks for the report and your help in making Ubuntu better. This has
been fixed in qcad 2.0.5.0-1+090318-7, which is now in the archive for
Maverick. Please test it and report any additional bugs that you find.

Changed in qcad (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in qcad (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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Sergey Fukanchik (fuxx) wrote :

Please can this be fixed in 10.04 which is Long Term Support?

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