skype after f7->f8: problem with cyrillic characters in nicks

[Boris Samorodov]

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:14:53 +0300 Andriy Gapon wrote:
> on 16/06/2009 00:00 Boris Samorodov said the following:
> > Andriy Gapon <avg at icyb.net.ua> writes:
> >> on 15/06/2009 18:26 Chagin Dmitry said the following:
> >>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 05:50:17PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> > 
> >>>> I upgraded my linux_base from f7 to f8 and then reinstalled skype and now I see
> >>>> "block characters" instead of cyrillic characters in nick names.
> >>>> Any idea what's wrong / how to fix?
> >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2009-May/006015.html
> >> Dmitry,
> >>
> >> thank you, but:
> >> $ fgrep -c cache /var/db/pkg/linux-f8-fontconfig-2.4.2_1/+CONTENTS
> >> 0
> >>
> >> Does linux fc-cache come with some other port?
> > 
> > Take a look at the port's Makefile. This file is removed at post-patch
> > stage.

> There seems to be some contradiction.
> Your post in the link says that this program is needed to do/fix something.
> The Makefile says that this program is never needed and can be dangerous.
> Of course, I am able to extract and run the program, it's no problem for me.
> But I think that the contradiction needs to be cleared for the benefit of other users.

Well, it was just a headsup from a user's POV how to achieve the goal.
>From a commiter's POV it is not good thing to do, so the Makefile was
not changed.


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