From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: bug#26877: building fonts: fontcache must be updated regulary Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 08:36:58 +0000 Message-ID: <20170511083658.fuc54qhzo7ismnha@abyayala> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51120) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8jbr-0006EF-KR for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 04:38:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8jbm-0001eL-O8 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 04:38:07 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:34952) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8jbm-0001eG-Jr for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 04:38:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d8jbm-0005ND-As for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 04:38:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50906) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8jaw-0005w0-Nr for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 04:37:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8jar-0000jJ-Sl for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 04:37:10 -0400 Received: from 93-95-228-241.1984.is ([93.95.228.241]:53154 helo=sharknado9001.pragmatique.xyz) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8jar-0000a5-Fm for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 04:37:05 -0400 Received: by sharknado9001.pragmatique.xyz (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 095e6af9 (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256:NO) for ; Thu, 11 May 2017 08:36:50 +0000 (UTC) Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 26877@debbugs.gnu.org The problem: Right now after just installing fonts, they do not become available. This can lead to some applications appearing "broken", etc. Other operating systems solve this by having a post-install hook which roughly does just this. A possible solution: Our fictional, not yet existing, font-build-system should run "fc-cache --force --really-force", or we should have a service which does the same for the fonts installed in the user profile. At this point a font-build-system would be good anyway, as the number of fonts keeps growing, and most fonts are using similar patterns to be installed. -- https://pragmatique.xyz PGP: https://people.pragmatique.xyz/ng0/