Hi James, James Carlson said the following on Monday 25 February 2008 06:33 PM: > Alan Coopersmith writes: > >> 2. Few architectural changes to libfontconfig and fc-cache CLI : >> >> Previously with fontconfig 2.3.2, the font cache files were >> getting created under the directory where the fonts are >> installed (i.e mostly under '/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/' dir) >> Now with the new fontconfig 2.5.0, these font cache files will >> be placed under '/var/cache/fontconfig' directory which also >> helps fontconfig to work correctly in sparse zones where /usr >> is unwritable. >> > > Yay! I regularly check my systems for 'stray' files in package- > delivered directories, and these cache files have long been a false > positive. > > Will the upgrade process scrub away the now-unnecessary cache files in > /usr? > No. Currently there is no default mechanism to remove the old 'fonts.cache-1' files which were getting created in the respective font dirs located under '/usr'.
So if a user upgrades a machine with the new fontconfig (2.5.0) packages, he would still see old obsolete cache files in the font dirs along with the new cache files located under '/var/cache/fontconfig'. Thanks, Srirama -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/xwin-discuss/attachments/20080226/55c22f5a/attachment.html>
