From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu May 11 16:56:09 2017 Received: (at 26877) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 May 2017 20:56:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39182 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d8v85-0006lI-2G for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 16:56:09 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44307) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d8v83-0006l6-Id for 26877@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 16:56:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8v7u-0001LI-VQ for 26877@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 16:56:02 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59675) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8v7u-0001LE-Q7; Thu, 11 May 2017 16:55:58 -0400 Received: from reverse-83.fdn.fr ([80.67.176.83]:60474 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1d8v7u-0006Pp-0x; Thu, 11 May 2017 16:55:58 -0400 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: bug#26877: building fonts: fontcache must be updated regulary References: <20170511083658.fuc54qhzo7ismnha@abyayala> <8760h7guba.fsf@netris.org> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 22 =?utf-8?Q?Flor=C3=A9al?= an 225 de la =?utf-8?Q?R?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 22:55:55 +0200 In-Reply-To: <8760h7guba.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Thu, 11 May 2017 13:46:49 -0400") Message-ID: <8760h7nmec.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 26877 Cc: 26877@debbugs.gnu.org, ng0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Hi, Mark H Weaver skribis: > The usual Guix way to handle things like this is to arrange for the font > cache to be part of the profile, and to create a profile hook that > creates the cache from all of the built packages included within. The problem is that the cache should be mutable so that one can run =E2=80=9Cfc-cache -f=E2=80=9D after having dropped files in ~/.local/share/= fonts, for instance. That said, quite surprisingly, I think I never had to run =E2=80=98fc-cache= =E2=80=99 except in the situation above. Ludo=E2=80=99.