New xfs (X font server) initscript for testing. Should work in all Fedora Core OS releases, as well as RHL 8 and RHEL3 and newer. Please test!

[Mike A. Harris]

Bret Hughes wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 18:07, Dan Hollis wrote:
> 
>>On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Mike A. Harris wrote:
>>
>>>I'd like to hear both BAD *and* GOOD feedback from whoever
>>>tests this, so if you test it and do not notice anything
>>>different, please respond to let me know that also.
>>>If you notice any regressions with this initscript
>>>compared to the previous one you were using, please
>>>respond with full details of the problem, and exact
>>>error messages you see (if any).  Also indicate if
>>>you are using only stock OS supplied fonts, or fonts
>>>you have added yourself.  It'd be particularly good
>>>to hear feedback from people using lots of 3rd party
>>>fonts, as we do not normally have such fonts for
>>>testing purposes internally.
>>
>>On FC3 i386 (stock fonts, stock everything.)
>>
>># ./xfs restart
>>Restarting xfs:
>>Shutting down xfs:                                         [  OK  ]
>>Starting xfs: ./xfs: line 56: [: missing `]'
>>                                                           [  OK  ]
>>
> 
> 
> Huh me too.  first glance I can't see what the deal is.  I simply did
> wget url and moved it.  Of course I also had to make it executable.  
> 
> here is the orig line 56:
> 
>    [ -x "$FC_CACHE" ] HOME=/ "$FC_CACHE" $d
> 
> here is one with the change I made to get it to work (added &&)
> 
>    [ -x "$FC_CACHE" ] && HOME=/ "$FC_CACHE" $d
> 
> Is there some environment var. that is letting this work on some boxes
> and not others?
> 
> FYI this is on a ppc box although I can't see why that would make a
> difference.

Naw, it was a bug.  ;)  I tested one script, and uploaded
a different one by mistake.  ;o)  Your bugfix is correct.

Note, the bug wont cause any damage, in case people are worried. ;)
Just causes fc-cache to not get executed.  New uploaded version
fixes that.