Re: bug-lilypond Digest, Vol 87, Issue 6

[Jacob Rundall]

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> Thanks.  I searched both the client and the server to see if any font cache
> files were being created elsewhere and this doesn't seem to be the case.  I
> do have the following the client's system.log file however:


Feb  2 11:26:29 camil15 kernel[0]: encodings.dir/rsrc: file access by
'/rsrc' was deprecated in 10.4
Feb  2 11:26:29 camil15 kernel[0]: fonts.dir/rsrc: file access by '/rsrc'
was deprecated in 10.4
Feb  2 11:26:29 camil15 kernel[0]: fonts.list/rsrc: file access by '/rsrc'
was deprecated in 10.4
Feb  2 11:26:29 camil15 kernel[0]: fonts.scale/rsrc: file access by '/rsrc'
was deprecated in 10.4
Feb  2 11:27:02 camil15 kernel[0]: Helvetica LT MM/rsrc: file access by
'/rsrc' was deprecated in 10.4
Feb  2 11:27:02 camil15 kernel[0]: Keyboard.dfont/rsrc: file access by
'/rsrc' was deprecated in 10.4
Feb  2 11:27:02 camil15 kernel[0]: LastResort.dfont/rsrc: file access by
'/rsrc' was deprecated in 10.4
Feb  2 11:27:02 camil15 kernel[0]: Times LT MM/rsrc: file access by '/rsrc'
was deprecated in 10.4
Feb  2 11:27:02 camil15 kernel[0]: encodings.dir/rsrc: file access by
'/rsrc' was deprecated in 10.4
Feb  2 11:27:02 camil15 kernel[0]: fonts.dir/rsrc: file access by '/rsrc'
was deprecated in 10.4
Feb  2 11:27:02 camil15 kernel[0]: fonts.list/rsrc: file access by '/rsrc'
was deprecated in 10.4
Feb  2 11:27:02 camil15 kernel[0]: fonts.scale/rsrc: file access by '/rsrc'
was deprecated in 10.4


>  I suspect this does in fact indicate that fontconfig is failing, right?


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> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:15:45 -0800
> From: Patrick McCarty <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Bug: font caching on OS X w/ networked home folders
> To: Jacob Rundall <address@hidden>
> Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>,      Carl Sorensen
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> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Jacob Rundall <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Carl Sorensen <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> As far as I can see, FcConfigGetCache is used in LilyPond.  In
> Fontconfig
> >> version 2.4.0, that is correct.  In version 2.6.0 of Fontconfig,
> >> FcConfigGetCache is deprecated, and the description of the function
> >> indicates that no per-user cache file exists (see
> >>
> >> <
> http://developer.apple.com/Mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPa
> >> ges/man3/FcConfigGetCache.3.html>).
> >>
> >> Perhaps this is a Fontconfig issue, and not a networked home folders
> >> issue.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure that networked home folders are part of the equation.  On
> > the same machines I can log in also with non-networked (ie local)
> accounts,
> > both admin and non-admin, and the font caching works in those cases.
>
> Hi Jake,
>
> Is it possible that the font cache files are being created in some
> other directory?  I realize that the .lilypond-fonts.cache-2 directory
> is generated for you, but Fontconfig might be storing the cache files
> elsewhere (for some unknown reason).
>
> If the font caching was not occurring anywhere, then you should not be
> seeing long delays every time you compile a file, since the caching
> would not be happening at all.
>
> > I've just verified that the issue is still there with 2.13.11-1.  Sorry
> > again for the delay.  I'll try to stay better tuned in.
>
> I will make sure to update issue #975 if any progress is made.  You
> can subscribe to the issue by "starring" it on the tracker if you'd
> like.
>
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=975
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick
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