/2.25.5/fonts/emmentaler-font.conf
> >
> > Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
>
>
> Let's state the obvious candidate here: This is very likely related to
> [https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1955](https://gitlab.com/lilypond
On Fri, 2023-04-28 at 15:14 +, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> Creating font configuration...
> Adding fontconfig configuration file:
> /usr/local/share/lilypond/2.25.5/fonts/emmentaler-font.conf
>
> Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
Let's state the obvious candidat
>> This looks fishy...
>
> This has come up
> before.
> https://gitlab.com/extending-lilypond/extending-lilypond.gitlab.io/-/issues/2
>
> Can you try with FC_DEBUG=272 ?
This doesn't give any more detailed information. However, adding
`strace` gives more insights.
Attached is the output of
nd/2.25.5/fonts/99-lilypond-fonts.conf
> Adding font directory: /usr/local/share/lilypond/2.25.5/fonts/otf
> Building font database...
>
> Creating font configuration...
> Adding fontconfig configuration file:
> /usr/local/share/lilypond/2.25.5/fonts/emmentaler-font.conf
>
> Compiling and installing lilypond from today's git repository,
> without changing anything else in my font configuration, I get a
> Fontconfig error (I've inserted some empty lines for better
> visibility).
Forgot to mention this is with fontconfig 2.14.1.
Werner
t database...
Creating font configuration...
Adding fontconfig configuration file:
/usr/local/share/lilypond/2.25.5/fonts/emmentaler-font.conf
Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
Adding font directory: /usr/local/share/lilypond/2.25.5/fonts/otf
Building font database...
```
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