After moving '/usr/local/share/fonts' to a backup location fc-cache ran successfully. The local font directory (which contained only the .uuid) was not recreated.
- Bug#909841: fc-cache: failed to write cache TS
- Bug#909841: fc-cache: failed to write cache TS
- Bug#909841: fc-cache: failed to write cache Holger Schröder
- Bug#909841: fc-cache failure preventing dpkg configu... sixerjman
- Bug#909841: Workaround was to delete failing directo... sixerjman
