> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: font policy changes > From: Julien Cristau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, July 14, 2008 2:26 am > To: Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian-mentors@lists.debian.org, Anthony > Fok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 22:13:27 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > [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? > > > It will always fail, because the user running the script (root) won't > normally have access to the X server. > > Cheers, > Julien
It would only fail if you did not have an X server running, for example if root were running in single-user mode. But if an ordinary user logs in using an X server in multi-user mode and does an "su" to root to run apt-get, or of course if root logs in and runs X11, it works. This package isn't part of any default Debian installation, so I think a user would most often be running apt-get inside an X11 environment. "fc-cache -f" will run without an X server running. Maybe that is the best choice. Paul Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
