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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#36862: Root-owned /var/cache/fontconfig sometimes exists,
 shouldn't.
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 16:26:23 +0200
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To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
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Hi!

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> skribis:

> Sometimes fonts break, and after a few frustrating, impotent runs of
> =E2=80=98fc-cache -rv=E2=80=99 you notice:
>
>  /var/cache/fontconfig: not cleaning unwritable cache directory
>
> Deleting this stale (root-owned) directory makes fonts fun
> again. Happens about once or twice a month here.

I believe Efraim fixed it with commit
405c0c947cfd59d7bfb81052545cd635970d2d0c.

Closing!

Ludo=E2=80=99.