Fontconfig - Nov 2005 - fc-cache and new fonts (and docs)

Around 11 o''clock on Mar 20, "Jeremy C. Reed" wrote:
> Should we make it so whenever a font package is added or removed,
> fc-cache should be ran?
Yes, that''s best -- fc-cache stores information about the fonts in
global
files.  If it''s not run, the first fontconfig application started after
the filesystem change will spend a moment or two scanning the new fonts.
> Can fc-cache be ran just to update for that single font or should it
> rebuild for all fonts?
fc-cache checks file and directory timestamps, scanning only files which 
have changed since the cache was built.  If you install a few new fonts, 
it should run very quickly.

You can pass the ''-f'' option to force every font to be
rescanned; you''ll
want to do that when you install a new version of fontconfig itself as
the new version may have bugs fixed in font scanning which can only be 
fixed by ignoring any existing information.

-keith


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Hello fontconfig community:

I help maintain packages for the pkgsrc collection [1].

At this time whenever fontconfig is installed a message is displayed
suggesting that fc-cache to be ran.

Our fontconfig package fontconfig-2.2.1nb3 doesn''t have any fc-cache
documentation.

We are getting ready to have fc-cache run automatically when it is
installed.

Also our "font" packages use a common font framework.

Should we make it so whenever a font package is added or removed,
fc-cache should be ran?

Can fc-cache be ran just to update for that single font or should it
rebuild for all fonts?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

What do other package systems do for their fc-cache/fontconfig usage? (Do
they automate it?)

Please carbon-copy on replies.

Thank you.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/

[1] pkgsrc is a portable package building system for Linux, NetBSD,
Darwin, Mac OS X, Irix, SunOS/Solaris, AIX, HPUX, BSD/OS, FreeBSD, Windows
and other operating systems for managing nearly 5000 software suites. It
provides: 1) a categorized collection of specifications that help automate
fetching, checking checksums, patching, configuring, building, installing
and packaging software suites; 2) package installation and maintenance
tools (like pkg_add, pkg_info, pkg_delete and others).