[Fontconfig] Cache and FAT
Behdad Esfahbod
behdad at behdad.org
Wed Dec 9 10:12:44 PST 2009
On 12/09/2009 06:18 AM, Mikhail Gusarov wrote:
>
> Twas brillig at 12:18:57 09.12.2009 UTC+02 when tml at iki.fi did gyre and gimble:
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> >> Would be a PITA.
>
> TL> But might still be the only (?) solution. Would be inside #ifdef
> TL> _WIN32 obviously.
>
> Why??!
>
> 1) User puts fonts on SD card
> 2) User inserts SD card into Linux-based device
> 3) Fontconfig caches on device are screwed due to screwed timestamps
But why would someone cache fonts on an SD card from a Linux system?
If the whole system is on the SD card, it's definitely not FAT.
I don't think we have to handle that case.
behdad
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