Bug#673170: xfonts-100dpi: fonts not available until X restarted

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

severity 673170 wishlist
reassign 673170 xfs 1:1.0.8-7
tags 673170 + upstream
quit

Julien Cristau wrote:

> One way to "fix" it would be to have X / xfs watch its fontpath with
> inotify or similar and automatically refresh things.  Nobody cares
> enough about core fonts to implement that.

Thanks.  Not sure if that's a good idea or not, but it's a place to
start.  Assigning to xfs.

> I don't see any way package maintainer scripts can be involved in a
> "fix".

I think using "xset fp rehash" to at least take care of the case where
one is updating with DISPLAY set to an appropriate X server would
work reasonably well as a workaround.  That wouldn't help remote
upgrades of desktop machines or large multiseat installations, of
course.

Ciao,
Jonathan