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libreoffice: Fonts don't show up after install

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Message #32 received at 30435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Felix Lechner <felix.lechner <at> lease-up.com>
Cc: 30435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, guix-devel <at> gnu.org,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>, hmk <hmk42 <at> posteo.de>
Subject: Re: bug#30435: libreoffice: Fonts don't show up after install
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:22:34 -0500

Hi Felix,

Felix Lechner <felix.lechner <at> lease-up.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 8:06 AM Maxim Cournoyer
> <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I haven't seen this problem in a long while, so I'm inclined to think
>> it's been resolved.
>
> I think I had that issue with a fresh install within the last year and
> based on advice in IRC (thanks nckx!) ran 'fc-cache -fv'.

OK, thanks for the information; let's leave this bug open then.

> For what it's worth, I believe Debian's packaging tools (in this case,
> Debhelper) detect changes to the font directories and add a font
> update hook to the package installation scripts. Since we do not have
> such scripts—and I am with Ludo' that it's probably a feature worth
> preserving—maybe our package manager could run the hook?

Another idea: modify fontconfig so that it never creates or uses cache.
Revisit later if it causes performance problems (I doubt it would).

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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