linux vs freebsd fc-cache binaries

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 00:40 +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:01:17 -0500
> Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> > 2.1.9 would work, but we have not updated due to the API changes.
> > Therefore, I haven't tested 2.1.9 to know if its rendering style will be
> > uglier than 2.1.7.  If someone can produce a 2.1.9 RPM, and it renders
> > decent fonts, then by all means, go for it.
> 
> Will the data produced by fc-cache be compatible? The linux bits will
> use the FreeBSD fonts, so any files generated in a place which FreeBSD
> sees too has to be compatible.

The data produced by the two should be compatible, but the versions of
fontconfig are so different, I can't say for sure.  The files, however,
are text, so you should be able to visually compare

> 
> Another question: does fc-cache produce anything else except the
> fonts.cache files in the fonts directories? If the answer is "no" we
> don't have to run fc-cache in the linux case and installing a font
> doesn't needs a run of the linux version.

Everytime a font is added, fc-cache should be run to update the font
cache.  However, it isn't necessary to do so, since fontconfig will
processes each directory on the fly.  That said, fonts.cache-1 is the
only file created by fc-cache.

Joe

> 
> The implication in the "yes" case is, that we have to modify the font
> ports to also run the linux fc-cache program if it is installed...
> 
> Bye,
> Alexander.
> 
-- 
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team      ::      gnome at FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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