Package: fontconfig
Version: 2.4.1-2
I had this in /etc/fonts/local.conf:
<fontconfig>
<dir></dir>
</fontconfig>
It was essentially a template. Starting with the 2.4 series of
fontconfig, upgrading stalled at "Regenerating fonts cache..." while
fc-cache tried to search all the devices in /dev for fonts. My
investigation revealed that fc-cache was acting as if ".", the current
directory, had been added to the font search path.
Trying various "clean" system configurations, I found that this behavior
went away when I removed the /etc/fonts/local.conf file (above). Since
the installation scripts run from the root directory, all my file
systems were being searched for fonts.
I'm hoping you'll agree that:
1) a local.conf template should not cause "." to be added to the font
search path.
2) "." should never be added to the font search path
3) System directories like /dev, /sys, /proc, /lib/init/rw, /etc etc.
should never be added to the font search path.
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