Around 13 o'clock on Mar 26, Lars Knoll wrote: > Won't font database changes require mmaping the new cache file? In that case > you probably need a global refcount for all patterns in the mmaped file, so > you know when nothing references the old cache file anymore. Except for the listing API, this is pretty easy. I fear that applications will hold FcFontList results for lengthy periods though, essentially locking down old cache files forever. We need a better listing API in any case, to permit faster matching, so perhaps we can fix both problems at the same time. -keith -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 228 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/attachments/20050326/3a0cb72d/attachment.pgp
