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[core-updates]: Fonts not working on foreign distro (Debian)

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 41132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41132: [core-updates]: Fonts not working on foreign distro
 (Debian)
Date: Fri, 08 May 2020 03:08:53 +0200

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Leo,

Leo Famulari 写道：
> I tried `fc-cache -rv`. Using Debian's fc-cache, it looks like 
> this:
[...]
> /var/cache/fontconfig: not cleaning unwritable cache directory

> And with Guix's fc-cache:
[...]
> /var/cache/fontconfig: not cleaning unwritable cache directory

This is certainly a classic.  Have you tried deleting this stale 
directory?  Guix System does so for you, I suppose Debian does 
not.  It doesn't jive with unprivileged package management.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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