Bug 74085

Summary:	xorg-x11 does not remove fonts.dir/encodings.dir on unmerge
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Peter S. Mazinger <ps.m>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo X packagers <x11>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Peter S. Mazinger 2004-12-11 04:43:12 UTC

I have unmerge xorg-x11 and it left files back in /usr/share/fonts/*
having collision-protect in USE flags, on the next merge of xorg-x11
it failed, because these files where present
* = local/encodings/misc/CID in my case
also fonts-cache.1 is there
maybe this should be handled in pkg_prerm, so that the directory cleanup
work too

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-12-11 12:52:16 UTC

Yeah, that happens because those files are generated in pkg_postinst().

If we remove them in pkg_*rm(), won't that remove them in the upgrade case too, when they need to stay? Since package removal takes place after installation, that's what I would think.

Comment 2 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-24 01:20:10 UTC

This is a problem because they're often regenerated later. Not much we can do.
I've removed all force-regeneration I can find.