> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: font policy changes > From: Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, July 13, 2008 10:13 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-mentors@lists.debian.org, > "Anthony Fok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > 3) Even if "mkfontdir" were invoked directly or if it's okay to give > > "update-fonts-dir" an absolute path (in which case its man page needs to > > be updated and the warning removed), isn't it also advisable to run > > "xset fp rehash" in postinst and postrm scripts? That program is the > > standard mechanism for updating installed fonts on recent versions of > > X11, including in Debian and other GNU/Linux distributions. > > Hm. That's an interesting thought, although it's going to fail if no X > server is currently running, correct? > > -- > Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
True. I guess that would have to be trapped gracefully. Would running "fc-cache -f" be preferable? It will identify bitmap and TrueType fonts. There are two things I don't like about that command though: 1) it has no man page (I guess I can write one) although "fc-cache --help" lists options; 2) I don't think it dies gracefully -- it can corrupt a cache if there is an error, and doesn't unwind to the old cache version (unless the program has been improved recently). Is that tolerable? Paul Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
