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

[Dan McGee]

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:25 AM, Andreas Radke <andyrtr at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Am Wed, 5 Sep 2012 23:02:27 +0200
> schrieb Rémy Oudompheng <remyoudompheng at gmail.com>:
>
>> I would simply recommend removing the offending files using rm, we
>> certainly know the list.
>>
>> Rémy.
>>
>
> News draft:
>
> fontconfig 2.10.1 update - manual intervention required
>
> Fontconfig 2.10.1 update overwrites symlinks created by
> the former package version. These symlinks need to be removed before
> any further update:
>
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/29-replace-bitmap-fonts.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/30-urw-aliases.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf
>   rm -f /etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf
>   pacman -Syu
>
> Main systemwide configuration should be done by symlinks
> (especially for autohinting, sub-pixel and lcdfilter):
>
>   cd /etc/fonts/conf.d
>   ln -s ../conf.avail/XX-foo.conf
>
> Check also https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration and
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts.

I edited the news item only slightly so Markdown formatting would kick
in on the command listings.