[Fontconfig] Re: patch to fix endless loop in fc-cache

[Patrick Lam]

Mike FABIAN wrote:
> Patrick Lam <plam at MIT.EDU> さんは書きました:
> 
> 
>>Mike FABIAN wrote:
>>
>>>by Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>.
>>>
>>>fc-cache did loop endless if a subdirectory was a symlink
>>>pointing to a directory higher up, e.g.
>>>ln -s /usr/share/fonts /usr/share/fonts/ttt
>>
>>I've committed this patch.  The other patch doesn't seem to be
>>necessary; fontconfig-using apps don't crash for me (whether or not
>>they're creating global caches) when there's a symlink cycle in the
>>directory structure.
> 
> 
> It looks like you have committed both patches to CVS.
> 
> And I think both were indeed necessary.

Yeah, I committed it after the loop in my .fonts prevented me from
logging in...

pat