fontconfig cache updated four times during upgrade

[Jan Evert van Grootheest]

Binary package hint: fontconfig

My laptop is intrepid (currently alpha). I noticed during upgrade of fontconfig that the cache was updated four times. See the output during apt-get below.

Is it really necessary to do this four times?
And that is even without updating/installing fonts, defoma or pango things.

Would it be possible to do this through a trigger, such as done for libc6:
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
?

apt-get update -V information:
   fontconfig (2.6.0-1ubuntu2 => 2.6.0-1ubuntu3)
   fontconfig-config (2.6.0-1ubuntu2 => 2.6.0-1ubuntu3)
   libfontconfig1 (2.6.0-1ubuntu2 => 2.6.0-1ubuntu3)

During apt-get processing:
Preparing to replace libfontconfig1 2.6.0-1ubuntu2 (using .../libfontconfig1_2.6.0-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libfontconfig1 ...
Preparing to replace fontconfig-config 2.6.0-1ubuntu2 (using .../fontconfig-config_2.6.0-1ubuntu3_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement fontconfig-config ...
:
:
Preparing to replace fontconfig 2.6.0-1ubuntu2 (using .../fontconfig_2.6.0-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
Cleaning up font configuration of fontconfig...
Cleaning up category cid..
Cleaning up category truetype..
Cleaning up category type1..
Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-indic-fonts-core /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-sil-gentium /usr/share/fonts/truetype/thai /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lao /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-arabeyes /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-devanagari-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gujarati-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bengali-fonts /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dustin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-tamil-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-punjabi-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/unfonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/baekmuk /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-kannada-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-oriya-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lucida /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-malayalam-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-mgopen /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gentium /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-indic-fonts-core /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-sil-gentium /usr/share/fonts/truetype/thai /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lao /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-arabeyes /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-devanagari-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gujarati-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bengali-fonts /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dustin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-tamil-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-punjabi-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/unfonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/baekmuk /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-kannada-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-oriya-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lucida /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-malayalam-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-mgopen /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gentium /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
Unpacking replacement fontconfig ...
:
:
Setting up mesa-utils (7.1-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up fontconfig-config (2.6.0-1ubuntu3) ...

Setting up libfontconfig1 (2.6.0-1ubuntu3) ...

Setting up tk8.5 (8.5.3-1) ...
:
Setting up compiz (1:0.7.7+git20080807-0ubuntu7) ...
Setting up fontconfig (2.6.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Updating font configuration of fontconfig...
Cleaning up category cid..
Cleaning up category truetype..
Cleaning up category type1..
Updating category type1..
Updating category truetype..
Updating category cid..
Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-indic-fonts-core /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-sil-gentium /usr/share/fonts/truetype/thai /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lao /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-arabeyes /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-devanagari-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gujarati-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bengali-fonts /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dustin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-tamil-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-punjabi-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/unfonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/baekmuk /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-kannada-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-oriya-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lucida /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-malayalam-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-mgopen /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gentium /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-indic-fonts-core /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-sil-gentium /usr/share/fonts/truetype/thai /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lao /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-arabeyes /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-devanagari-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gujarati-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bengali-fonts /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dustin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-tamil-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-punjabi-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/unfonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/baekmuk /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-kannada-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-oriya-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lucida /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-malayalam-fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-mgopen /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gentium /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
Regenerating fonts cache... done.

Setting up gcc-4.3-doc (4.3.2-1ubuntu7) ...

[kurt belgrave (trinikrono)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner.
There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test the current Ubuntu development version (10.10). If you can test it, and it is still an issue, we would appreciate if you could upload updated logs by running apport-collect <bug #>, and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[kurt belgrave (trinikrono)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for fontconfig (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]