Bug#342368: [Debian-hebrew-package] Bug#342368: culmus: Versions and architectures (Incoherent behaviour)

[Baruch Even]

Gilles wrote:
> I use the "LilyPond" music typesetting software.  And I've been hit for several
> weeks by quite a strange (to me, with no knowledge of how fonts are dealt with
> by the different softwares) problem.
> 
> I've got 2 machines, which I'll call "i386" and "amd64" (for an obvious reason).
> 
> When culmus v0.93 is installed, I get the expected output from "lilypond" (which
> produce "ps" and "pdf" files) on both machines: I.e. the software indicates it is
> using the Nachlieli font, and the Hebrew letters appears in the output shown
> by both "gv" and "xpdf".
> 
> With v0.101 and "lilypond" run on "i386", things begin to get strange: "gv" and
> "xpdf" run on "i386" still show the Hebrew, but on "amd64", only "xpdf" shows them;
> "gv" displays a blank line instead.
[snip]
> [I noticed that there has been a change in the font name (the addition of the
> letters "CLM" into the name string)...]

This last bit seems to be the key to the problem, the culmus fonts
between 0.93 and 0.101 changed their name and it is quite possible that
some programs were updated and some not.

I have no idea why you see varying results between machines i386 and amd64.

If you can provide a sample document I could try to see what happens on
my machine. And try to locate where the problem happens.

Baruch