GNU bug report logs - #36862
Root-owned /var/cache/fontconfig sometimes exists, shouldn't.

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: bug-guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Root-owned /var/cache/fontconfig sometimes exists, shouldn't.
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:37:02 +0200

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Guix,

Just leaving this here so I don't forget.

Sometimes fonts break, and after a few frustrating, impotent runs 
of ‘fc-cache -rv’ 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.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: 36862-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36862: Root-owned /var/cache/fontconfig sometimes exists,
 shouldn't.
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 16:26:23 +0200

Hi!

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

> Sometimes fonts break, and after a few frustrating, impotent runs of
> ‘fc-cache -rv’ 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’.

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