Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 16:30:56 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [linux] fontconfig and it's cache files Message-ID: <35414879@bb.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <20090513133213.197930aa10bc4fk0@webmail.leidinger.net> (Alexander Leidinger's message of "Wed\, 13 May 2009 13\:32\:13 %2B0200") References: <69348750@bb.ipt.ru> <20090513084832.14297i6jsuyofcg8@webmail.leidinger.net> <37172311@bb.ipt.ru> <20090513133213.197930aa10bc4fk0@webmail.leidinger.net>
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On Wed, 13 May 2009 13:32:13 +0200 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> (from Wed, 13 May 2009 11:22:32 +0400): > > On Wed, 13 May 2009 08:48:32 +0200 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > >> Quoting Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> (from Tue, 12 May 2009 > >> 16:22:25 +0400): > > > >> > It seems to me that the best way to go is to populate > >> > $LINUXBASE/var/cache when installing linux fontconfig > >> > and remove it when deinstalling. As for -f10- linux > >> > ports we may use a native fontconfig cache files until > >> > new version starts to be incompatible. > >> > > >> > What do you think? > > > >> Running the linux fc-config is not a clean solution, because it will > >> not be re-run when a new font is installed. > > > > Yea, hence the question. > > > >> Unfortunately I have no better idea... > > > > Would it be good to create a default fc-cache files and install > > them with a port/package? We may add more fc-cache files upon > > users requests. > Isn't there only one cache file? It depends upon which fonts are > installed. On one machine I have fonts which you will not find in > ports (or for free at all, I think... they are very old and I got them > in a commercial package). I don't think this is an option. OK. > >> at least for F10 we would have the good behavior. In > >> the light of the upcomming 8.0 release, I would say go ahead with this > >> idea. > > > > This will work until the fonts cache database structure changes... > Yes. > > And what about users of 7.x which use F8 linux ports and won't be > > able to use F10 ports? > Did you test f10 on 7.x? I would say f8+ is not supported on 7.1 or > less, for 7.2 I don't know the current status. Fallback: run fc-cache > manually (we can not support everything, f4 until 7.x is EOL and f10 > for 8.x is already a lot). Resolving doesn't work at CURRENT for now. The needed patches are at reviewing for now and soon should be committed. And then we'll see if they may be MFCed. > >> I don't know if we should extend the fc-cache running in the font > >> ports to also run the linux one if present or not. This is maybe > >> something to discuss after 8.0-RELEASE is out the door. > > > > Well, me too don't have an elegant solution. :-( > This would at least be a working solution, and not counting the amount > of work involved it is also the right solution. I think this is > something for after 8.0. Agreed. Thanks! WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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