Re: 2.19.47 long compile times

[Masamichi Hosoda]

>> Hi,
>>
>> The new 2.19.47 is taking about 40 seconds to compile a one-note test
>> file.
>> (MacOS X x86.)
>>
>> In my past experience, new LilyPond builds sometimes take 30 or 40
>> seconds
>> to compile *on the very first run after install* (presumably to update
>> the
>> font cache, or something similar). But 2.19.47 is taking 40 seconds
>> *on
>> every run*.
>>
>> Trevor.
> 
> 
> There was something _similar_ reported on Windows 10, although the
> slow-down occurred between 19.42 and 19.43.  In this case, it appeared
> that the problem was fixed by deleting all the files in
> c:\users\yourusername\.lilypond-fonts.cache-2.  Perhaps a similar
> approach will work for the Mac?
> 
> --
> Phil Holmes 

If you would like to delete the fontconfig cache files in OSX,
cache directory might be `~/.lilypond-fonts.cache-2`.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2016-07/msg00050.html

So If I understand correctly, the following command can delete them.

$ rm -fr ~/.lilypond-fonts.cache-2