[arch-general] new install: files under /etc/fonts/conf.d/ not symlinks?

[phanisvara das]

a couple days ago, after the problematic fontconfig update was
already done, i installed a new instance of arch no a separate
partitionl (via pacman -r / chroot, from my existing, updated arch
instance).

now i'm surprised to find that the files under /etc/fonts/conf.d/
aren't symlinks, but real files again -- and pacman doesn't
complain...how comes?

(this install has [testing] enabled, if that makes a difference.)

-- 
phani.