xfree 4.3.0.2 and XftConfig

Nicholas Wourms nwourms@netscape.net
Tue Aug 5 19:41:00 GMT 2003


Ron Stanonik wrote:
> Recall, after upgrading xfree from 4.2 to 4.3, then libXft and libfontconfig
> found no fonts.
> 
> My mistake apparently.  I had to run fc-cache (which scans for fonts and
> builds fonts.cache-1 files).  I assumed fonts.cache-1 were just for performance,
> not strictly required.  I was also surprised that installation didn't
> run fc-cache.
> 

It's in the works.  I'm working on making fontconfig & freetype external 
packages, so I plan to contribute post-install scripts to do all the 
font setup.

Cheers,
Nicholas




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