From unknown Sat Jun 21 10:44:48 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#36862 <36862@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#36862 <36862@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Root-owned /var/cache/fontconfig sometimes exists, shouldn't. Reply-To: bug#36862 <36862@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:44:48 +0000 retitle 36862 Root-owned /var/cache/fontconfig sometimes exists, shouldn't. reassign 36862 guix submitter 36862 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice severity 36862 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jul 30 18:37:17 2019 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Jul 2019 22:37:17 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51347 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hsak8-0006t1-Np for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:37:17 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:42792) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hsak5-0006ss-NG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:37:15 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41094) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hsak4-0003Sf-PC for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:37:13 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hsak2-0001AI-Gt for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:37:12 -0400 Received: from tobias.gr ([2001:470:7405::1]:35258) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hsak1-0000q7-RE for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:37:10 -0400 Received: by tobias.gr (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id e572a455 for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:37:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=tobias.gr; h=from:to :subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s=2018; i= me@tobias.gr; bh=sictwYeLP4hYSjklniovu+EnjsFCnV/bGmbSvEGhWoI=; b= WMeweYjSKPfMQoQoRl5+vcs8qUjc+JJiiPgWauEbHjU0+kzAsFmaunLfzgxsJ+xy mcyg4Vi38p3mn4KbmHGSnTeHFAAPe0xBOn6JTh3If9z6fjUWXtUDEoU7YEzGco9M 7APYS0JgQJOa05yK4h4/HeZl2cUYlbIDVGKrFufS0GwfSR3ab5O7JmTGpOdpruCI J9fc9onQgF+V6IGOFmihYykbtiS2M+G84U+z9U4FzRkaZ9xlcP02o/6W8KhezN63 7XgLpyt87uJ3E3rIT3ictDyd7e5VmG+ct0mRSWfni+ZSPnZgHfncGYAHf6HmUW1e k6UNKUm3G2gzwq2by01uFQ== Received: by submission.tobias.gr (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id e176627f (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256:NO) for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:37:03 +0000 (UTC) From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice To: bug-guix Subject: Root-owned /var/cache/fontconfig sometimes exists, shouldn't. Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:37:02 +0200 Message-ID: <871ry7rvxt.fsf@nckx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2001:470:7405::1 X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Guix, Just leaving this here so I don't forget. Sometimes fonts break, and after a few frustrating, impotent runs=20 of =E2=80=98fc-cache -rv=E2=80=99 you notice: /var/cache/fontconfig: not cleaning unwritable cache directory Deleting this stale (root-owned) directory makes fonts fun again.=20 Happens about once or twice a month here. Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCXUDGjgAKCRANsP+IT1Vt ec+CAP4pxaxCEFR3KaUQ43SAmHl6EbxxZGIC+Ai/Y1LuO6USFAEA/h/BC6cNgGcZ QtzRyHzxK1bwmEcl6nNN34axIvUJtQI= =HvYd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Apr 18 10:26:35 2020 Received: (at 36862-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Apr 2020 14:26:35 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43364 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jPoQU-0006px-Nx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2020 10:26:35 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:44855) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jPoQS-0006pk-Ft for 36862-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2020 10:26:33 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:58842) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jPoQM-0004Ok-Lb; Sat, 18 Apr 2020 10:26:26 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=55154 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jPoQL-000137-Av; Sat, 18 Apr 2020 10:26:26 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: bug#36862: Root-owned /var/cache/fontconfig sometimes exists, shouldn't. References: <871ry7rvxt.fsf@nckx> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 16:26:23 +0200 In-Reply-To: <871ry7rvxt.fsf@nckx> (Tobias Geerinckx-Rice's message of "Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:37:02 +0200") Message-ID: <87eesk98fk.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 36862-done Cc: 36862-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) Hi! Tobias Geerinckx-Rice skribis: > Sometimes fonts break, and after a few frustrating, impotent runs of > =E2=80=98fc-cache -rv=E2=80=99 you notice: > > /var/cache/fontconfig: not cleaning unwritable cache directory > > Deleting this stale (root-owned) directory makes fonts fun > again. Happens about once or twice a month here. I believe Efraim fixed it with commit 405c0c947cfd59d7bfb81052545cd635970d2d0c. Closing! Ludo=E2=80=99. From unknown Sat Jun 21 10:44:48 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 11:24:05 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator