[arch-dev-public] fontconfig 2.10.1 will require user interaction

[Dave Reisner]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 10:11:21PM +1000, Gaetan Bisson wrote:
> [2012-09-05 13:23:33 +0200] Andreas Radke:
> > News draft:
> 
> May I suggest the following version:
> 
> 
> fontconfig 2.10.1 update - manual intervention required
> 
> Symlinks formerly created by the post_install script of fontconfig will
> now be part of the package starting with version 2.10.1. To resolve the
> detected conflicts, you may safely force this upgrade by running:
> 
>   pacman -Syf fontconfig

We should suggest --force here, not -f, since the latter no longer
exists in 4.1.

>   pacman -Su
> 
> Remember that most system-wide fontconfig configuration tasks (such as
> enabling auto-hinting, sub-pixel rendering, or lcd-filter) should be
> done by creating symlinks from files under /etc/fonts/conf.avail to
> /etc/fonts/conf.d.
> 
> For details, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration
> and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts.
> 
> -- 
> Gaetan