[MacPorts] #55802: a dejavu font is not found during auto-multiple-choice building

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#55802: a dejavu font is not found during auto-multiple-choice building
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  Reporter:  guillope              |      Owner:  nortcele
      Type:  defect                |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal                |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                 |    Version:
Resolution:                        |   Keywords:
      Port:  auto-multiple-choice  |
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Comment (by kencu):

 and in english:

 Hello,
  I found the source of the problem last night.  It was a problem
 installing fonts on mac.
  Here is what could be added in the installation tutorial to help the
 community:
  Install all three fonts with the Font Book app.
  1) In Preferences -> Default installation location: choose Computer
 instead of User.
  2) Successively install the three fonts by clicking on the Add button in
 the Font Book toolbar, locate and select the fonts, then click open.
  In the meantime, thank you for your support and for this great tool.
  Best regards.
  Franck

 As I spent a half-day on this dejavu-sans issue with ghc I'm curious too.

 Why does the MacPorts version of the dejavu font not fill the need, but a
 manually-installed version of the font in /Library/Fonts does work?

 Can our font version in MacPorts be fixed to work?

 If it cannot, can we file test for the presence of the needed font(s) and
 provide some instructions?

 K

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