GNU bug report logs - #36862
Root-owned /var/cache/fontconfig sometimes exists, shouldn't.

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>

Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:38:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: bug-guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Root-owned /var/cache/fontconfig sometimes exists, shouldn't.
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:37:02 +0200

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Guix,

Just leaving this here so I don't forget.

Sometimes fonts break, and after a few frustrating, impotent runs 
of ‘fc-cache -rv’ 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.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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