On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > > well this si a FIXME of sorts) :) > > > > > > xfstt currently requires write acess to a font database it stores > > > (which by all rights should be in /var) as it stands this is in > > > the same directory as the fonts... > > Why exactly xfstt requires write access when it is invoked with --daemon option and does not when without ? I don't see any reason to write unless we do --sync. Moreover, it should not quit when the write fails (again, unless ussued --sync option).
May be you'd better correct that and leave database in place (/usr/share). Sergey.
