fontconfig 2.5.0 [LSARC/2008/140 FastTrack timeout 02/29/2008]

[James Carlson]

Alan Coopersmith writes:
>      2. Few architectural changes to libfontconfig and fc-cache CLI :
> 
> 	Previously with fontconfig 2.3.2, the font cache files were
> 	getting created under the directory where the fonts are
> 	installed (i.e mostly under '/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/' dir)
> 	Now with the new fontconfig 2.5.0, these font cache files will
> 	be placed under '/var/cache/fontconfig' directory which also
> 	helps fontconfig to work correctly in sparse zones where /usr
> 	is unwritable.

Yay!  I regularly check my systems for 'stray' files in package-
delivered directories, and these cache files have long been a false
positive.

Will the upgrade process scrub away the now-unnecessary cache files in
/usr?

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