font installation

[Zdenek Wagner]

st 19. 6. 2024 v 12:59 odesílatel Norbert Preining <norbert at preining.info>
napsal:

> Just for completeness:
>
> > in many Linux distros fc-cache is not needed after font installation and
> > can even cause problems because a font visible to one user is not visible
>
> True.
>
> > to others. It depends whether fc-cache is invoked by a root or by a
> normal
>
> True.
>
> > user. Nowadays fc-cache is called automatically as root every 5 minutes
> or
>
> Not true.
>
> Most systems use file-system induced triggers, so if something is
> installed into certain directories, it triggers the fc-cache call.
> End-effect is the same, just the technical background (inotify etc)
> are different.
>

OK, maybe I was just confused by this part of my /etc/fonts/foncts.conf:

<!--
 Rescan configuration every 30 seconds when FcFontSetList is called
-->
               <rescan>
                       <int>30</int>
               </rescan>

I know that many years ago it was somehing like one hour, then something
like 5 minutes

>
> But yes, in most cases running fc-cache as **user** is a VERY VERY VERY
> bad idea, as Zdenek said.
>
> Best regards
>
> Norbert
>


Zdeněk Wagner
https://www.zdenek-wagner.eu/





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