Re: postinstall: fontconfig

[Rob Whitlock <rwhitlock22%gmail.com@localhost>]

> On Aug 16, 2024, at 10:42 PM, matthew green <mrg%eterna23.net@localhost> wrote:
> 
> Thomas Klausner writes:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> postinstall check on my system complains
>> ...
>> fontconfig check:
>>        Broken fontconfig configuration found; please delete these files:
>>        [ 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf]
>> ...
>> 
>> but can't fix the problem:
>> # postinstall fix fontconfig
>> Source directory: /usr/src
>> Target directory: /
>> fontconfig fix:
>>        Broken fontconfig configuration found; please delete these files:
>>        [ 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf]
>> postinstall fixes passed:
>> postinstall fixes failed: fontconfig
>> 
>> Also, the exact same file is still installed in a new from-scratch build:
>> # diff etc/fonts/conf.d/10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf  /etc/fonts/conf.d/
>> #
>> 
>> What's up with this?
>> How is the file broken and if so, why is it still installed by new builds?
> 
> we should probably just remove the check itself, as "automating"
> this can actually mean reverting someone's local change now.
> 
> these files were either wrongly in netbsd or previously part of
> the normal default and thus we warned about them, but did not
> automate removing them.
> 
> whatever the case, postinstall shouldn't remove any of the files
> in conf.d automatically (but removing them from avail.d would
> be fine, and is handled by obsolete checks.)
> 
> there's a recent-ish PR about it i meant to reply to.

bin/58406

> .mrg.