I´ve patched fontconfig in 2.11.64 to use a consistent stat() call everywhere. Can you check if it fixes the DST/font cache problem?
thanks! On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Trevor Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Neil Puttock wrote Saturday, November 15, 2008 3:32 PM >> >> 2008/11/15 Jonathan Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> Trevor Daniels wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Yes. Could you check the creation date of the large cache file, >>>> and if that date is within your daylight saving period try >>>> deleting the entire lilypond font cache, ie delete the >>>> .lilypond-fonts.cache-2 directory so the font cache is rebuilt >>>> from scratch. Maybe a long shot but worth a try. See my other >>>> recent note for details of why. >>>> >>>> Trevor >>>> >>> I did this to no effect. It still rebuilds the cache each time I run >>> Lilypond. :( >> >> What happens if you untick `Automatically adjust clock for daylight >> saving changes'? >> >> I haven't had any problems even though my cache was created in April, >> but forcing a rebuild results in the same delay you're experiencing >> every time unless the automatic clock adjustment is turned off for the >> first run. > > Thanks Neil, this seems to be at least one of the causes of the cache > rebuild problem. I've always had the "Automatically adjust ..." box ticked, > and have never experienced any problems, but then, my cache was first > built in March, before the daylight-saving period began here. So in > summary, in seems that the problem occurs if the cache is first built > during a daylight saving period when the system is set to automatically > adjust the clock for daylight saving. > > The Vista fix for LilyPond releases for and after 2.11.42 is to uncheck the > "Automatically adjust .." box, delete ~/.lilypond-fonts.cache-2 and run > LilyPond again to rebuild the cache. The "Automatically adjust ..." box > can then be checked again and all should thereafter work correctly. > > For releases earlier than 2.11.34 the font cache was saved in > ~/.fontconfig. Otherwise I guess the fix is the same. > > If any Vista user finds this does not work for them, please post the > details to the -user and/or the -bug list. > > Trevor > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen
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