zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh exit code 2
Ken Brown
kbrown@cornell.edu
Sun Jun 12 23:35:00 GMT 2016
On 6/12/2016 6:32 PM, Mark McGregor wrote:
> ----Ken wrote:
>
> The exit code is the number of font caches that fontconfig thinks it failed to write.
>
> In fact, I'm pretty sure it actually did successfully write the cache, and the error message is bogus. You can test this by adding the -v flag to the fc-cache invocation in zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh:
> /usr/libexec/fc-cache-1 -sv
>
>
> I think you'll find that if you rerun zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh after it has reported "failed to write cache" on a certain font directory, it will then give a message saying the cache is up to date and doesn't need to be rewritten.
> That's what I've found, anyway.
>
> Ken
> ----
> Thank you. After running
> $ /etc/postinstall/zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh
> I obtained the output in the attachment, which looks good. Are you saying that the message is bogus and no action is needed?
Yes.
> While compiling some (seemingly good) LaTeX file I'm getting
> [
> ...
> xdvipdfmx:fatal: This font using the "seac" command for accented characters...
>
> Output file removed.
> )
> Error 256 (driver return code) generating output;
> file file.pdf may not be valid.
> ]
> I have no idea about whether it is related.
I suspect it's unrelated. Please make a separate bug report about that,
and I'll see if I can help. Try to cut your LaTeX file down to a
minimal file that exhibits the problem.
Ken
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