[Fontconfig] Re: fc-cache sometimes looses fonts

[Mike FABIAN]

The problem reported below still exists with todays CVS snapshot of
the fontconfig 2.4 branch.

Do you have any idea how to fix it?


Mike FABIAN <mfabian at suse.de> さんは書きました:

> with todays CVS snapshot of the fontconfig 2.4 branch:
>
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$ fc-list : family file | grep -i zenkai
>     ./ukai.ttf: AR PL ZenKai Uni
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$ ls -li --time-style=full-iso ukai.ttf
>     197011 -rw-r--r--  1 mfabian suse 14296192 2005-10-14 14:47:03.000000000 +0200 ukai.ttf
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$ ls -lid --time-style=full-iso .
>     5505413 drwxr-xr-x  3 mfabian suse 4096 2005-10-14 14:51:01.000000000 +0200 ./
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$
>
> Now move the font to a new name and move it back:
>
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$ mv ukai.ttf ukai-new.ttf
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$ mv ukai-new.ttf ukai.ttf
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$ ls -li --time-style=full-iso ukai.ttf
>     197011 -rw-r--r--  1 mfabian suse 14296192 2005-10-14 14:47:03.000000000 +0200 ukai.ttf
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$ ls -lid --time-style=full-iso .
>     5505413 drwxr-xr-x  3 mfabian suse 4096 2005-10-14 14:52:52.000000000 +0200 ./
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$
>
> The font still has the same i-node and time stamp and the time-stamp
> of the directory is changed (as expected). Now run "fc-cache -v ."
> again:
>
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$ fc-cache -v . 
>     fc-cache: ".": caching, 71 fonts, 1 dirs
>     fc-cache: "./kde-override": skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
>     fc-cache: succeeded
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$
>
> And now the font appears to be gone:
>
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$ fc-list : family file | grep -i zenkai
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$
>
> With fontconfig 2.3.2, the font was still available at this point!
>
> Run fc-cache once more adding the force option:
>
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$ fc-cache -v -f . 
>     fc-cache: ".": caching, 71 fonts, 1 dirs
>     fc-cache: "./kde-override": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
>     fc-cache: succeeded
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$ fc-list : family file | grep -i zenkai
>     ./ukai.ttf: AR PL ZenKai Uni
>     mfabian at magellan:~/.fonts$
>
> Now the font has appeared again.
>
> -- 
> Mike FABIAN   <mfabian at suse.de>   http://www.suse.de/~mfabian
> 睡眠不足はいい仕事の敵だ。
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Mike FABIAN   <mfabian at suse.de>   http://www.suse.de/~mfabian
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