Description of Problem: I have created some font directories in /usr/lib/X11/fonts that hold my Type1 fonts. I did this to always have fonts that come with XFree86 distribution not mix with what I have. The problem is that upgrade of XFree86 puts an empty fonts.dir file in that directory containing 0 fonts. Presumably it runs mkfontdir instead of type1inst. Also, it does not run mkfontdir for the misc fonts. I would understand if you would not want to run mkfontdir/type1inst for the fonts supplied by the rpms to avoid potential problems BUT the install/upgrade should not touch directories that are not part of the distribution. How Reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. rpm -Uvh XF*.rpm 2. 3. Actual Results: Empty fonts.dir for local font directories containing Type1 fonts. Expected Results: Do not touch local font directories Additional Information:
*** Bug 43562 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
XFree86 in rawhid (4.2.0) no longer creates fonts.dir in the local directory. However, the xfs initscript will do so if local is in the fontpath. Solution is making sure dirs without fonts are not in the fontpath. I believe that is taken care of as well in the packaging.