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Re: "Failed to write cache" during install


On 24/09/2010 01:50, Richard Gitschlag wrote:
I recently set up Cygwin and XWin on my XP system, but need help with error messages that occured during post-install scripts.

My setup log file shows:

2010/08/26 10:17:04 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-adobe-dpi75.sh
2010/08/26 10:17:18 abnormal exit: exit code=1
2010/08/26 10:17:18 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-alias.sh
2010/08/26 10:17:44 abnormal exit: exit code=1
2010/08/26 10:17:44 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-misc-misc.sh
2010/08/26 10:17:52 abnormal exit: exit code=1
2010/08/26 10:17:52 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/fontconfig.sh
2010/08/26 10:18:18 abnormal exit: exit code=8

Checking the verbose log shows a common theme of "failed to write cache", e.g:


2010/08/26 10:17:04 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-adobe-dpi75.sh
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi: failed to write cache

My local cygwin directory resides on a FAT32 drive, if that is related. Made copies of my setup logs and can supply further information if needed.

The command which is failing is 'fc-cache -f', and the cache files in question live in /var/cache/fontconfig.


You might try running 'strace fc-cache -f' from a shell to see if that sheds any light on why these cache files apparently can't be written.

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Jon TURNEY
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