From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Mar 21 17:54:00 2020 Received: (at 40114) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Mar 2020 21:54:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48327 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jFm48-0007qW-21 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:54:00 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41230) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jFm46-0007q8-Sh for 40114@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:53:59 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51614) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jFm41-0004Vc-3f; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:53:53 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=56256 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jFm40-0003Ij-FW; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:53:52 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Efraim Flashner Subject: Re: [bug#40114] [PATCH] services: Add fontconfig-file-system-service. References: <20200318104626.20381-1-efraim@flashner.co.il> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 22:53:50 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20200318104626.20381-1-efraim@flashner.co.il> (Efraim Flashner's message of "Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:46:26 +0200") Message-ID: <87zhc9wf0x.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 40114 Cc: 40114@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) Hello! Efraim Flashner skribis: > * gnu/services/desktop.scm (%fontconfig-file-system, > fontconfig-file-system-service): New variables. > (%desktop-services): Add fontconfig-file-system-service. [...] > +(define %fontconfig-file-system > + (file-system > + (device "none") > + (mount-point "/var/cache/fontconfig") > + (type "tmpfs") > + (flags '(read-only)) > + (check? #f))) > + > +;; The global fontconfig directory is unused in Guix and has been > +;; known to cause problems so we mount it read-only. What about something like: ;; The global fontconfig cache directory can sometimes contain stale ;; entries, possibly referencing fonts that have been GC=E2=80=99d, so mo= unt ;; it read-only. I think that=E2=80=99s a correct summary? Perhaps we could link to past discussions if we have one. Otherwise LGTM, thank you! Ludo=E2=80=99.