[ZBX-17089] keep /etc/alternative/zabbix-web-font settings Created: 2019 Dec 16  Updated: 2019 Dec 17  Resolved: 2019 Dec 17

Status: Closed
Project: ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 4.0.15
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Problem report Priority: Trivial
Reporter: tbsky Assignee: Jurijs Klopovskis
Resolution: Won't fix Votes: 0
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified
Environment:

rhel7



 Description   

I link /etc/alternative/zabbix-web-font to some CJK font to show CJK characters. but everytime I upgrade zabbix 4.0.x rpm in RHEL7, I found /etc/alternative/zabbix-web-font reset to default.

maybe I am doing wrong, I should use another method to specify zabbix web font. or the rpm upgrade should keep user settings?

Steps to reproduce:

  1. modify /etc/alternative/zabbix-web-font to some font
  2. update zabbix rpm

Result:

      **      /etc/alternative/zabbix-web-font link to default /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf

Expected:
     keep user font settings.



 Comments   
Comment by Jurijs Klopovskis [ 2019 Dec 16 ]

Hi, tbsky!

Are you symlinking /etc/alternative/zabbix-web-font directly?
You should not do that!

Instead use 

update-alternatives --install /usr/share/zabbix/assets/fonts/graphfont.ttf zabbix-web-font <myfont> 10

to add an alternative font.

Then select the font.

update-alternatives --config zabbix-web-font

See more here: https://linux.die.net/man/8/update-alternatives.

Note that if you need a Japanese font, we have zabbix-web-japanese package just for that.

Comment by tbsky [ 2019 Dec 17 ]

thanks  a lot for your hint.

so indeed I was doing wrong. I never fully understand how alternatives works.

thanks again for your kindly help!

 

 

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