On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:48:49PM -0800, Jeffrey Baker wrote: > This is the message from the man himself, resolving this > problem which I encountered a few weeks back. -jwb Can't be obsolete; XFree86 4.3 is out. Keith, I understand you wanting to drive a stake through the foul heart of the traditional X font system in favor your far superior fontconfig system, but won't someone *please* think of the children? Er, that is, distributions who don't ship XFree86's CVS HEAD and call it a release. > ----- Forwarded message from Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> ----- > > To: fonts@xfree86.org > Cc: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> > Subject: Re: [Fonts]libXft 1.2 prevents xftcache from scanning Speedo fonts > From: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> > X-BeenThere: fonts@XFree86.Org > X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 > Reply-To: fonts@XFree86.Org > List-Help: <mailto:fonts-request@XFree86.Org?subject=help> > List-Post: <mailto:fonts@XFree86.Org> > List-Subscribe: <http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts>, > <mailto:fonts-request@XFree86.Org?subject=subscribe> > List-Id: XFree86 Font List <fonts.XFree86.Org> > List-Unsubscribe: <http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts>, > <mailto:fonts-request@XFree86.Org?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <http://XFree86.Org/pipermail/fonts/> > > > Around 11 o'clock on Oct 7, Jeffrey Baker wrote: > > > and I finally tracked it back to > > the latest version of libXft.so.1.2. When this library was > > installed (from fontconfig.org sources), xftcache > > would fail with the message: > > > > Running xftcache in Speedo font directory...Can't scan > > directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" > > xftcache is obsolete; use fc-cache instead. > > Keith Packard XFree86 Core Team HP Cambridge Research Lab > > > _______________________________________________ > Fonts mailing list > Fonts@XFree86.Org > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Ignorantia judicis est calamitas branden@debian.org | innocentis. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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