From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from smtp.giga.ocn.ne.jp (giga.ocn.ne.jp [211.129.14.85]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B0DABDA9 for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 02:46:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: from momo (p14064-adsao04hon-acca.tokyo.ocn.ne.jp [61.199.19.64]) by smtp.giga.ocn.ne.jp (Postfix) with SMTP id ADD1CB5DF for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 16:45:53 +0900 (JST) Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 16:40:54 +0900 From: Ryan Shaw To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-Id: <20020520164054.46556c69.ryan.shaw@stanfordalumni.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [gentoo-dev] ebuilds which install fonts Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 46fda37c-337f-4c0c-9ed2-38adc1760f46 X-Archives-Hash: 567809bbf318572dd30e7ddcf728e3e9 i would like to create some ebuilds for some free font collections, but i am not sure what the standard is for ebuilds which install fonts. the ebuilds i have seen thus far which install fonts (freefonts and x11fonts-jmk) create new subdirectories of of /usr/lib/X11/fonts. this seems bad though, since it means that a new FontPath needs to be added to XF86Config every time new fonts are installed. why not just stick to the standard approach of adding fonts to the subdir of /usr/lib/X11/fonts which matches their type (Type1, truetype, etc.) and rebuilding the proper index files for fonts of that type? ryan