What is an error "/var/cache/fontconfig: invalid cache file"

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Issue

When running fc-cache command, error occurs with "/var/cache/fontconfig: invalid cache file".

# /usr/bin/fc-cache -v /usr/share/fonts
...
/var/cache/fontconfig: invalid cache file: 0251a5afa6ac727a1e32b7d4d4aa7cf0-x86.cache-2
/var/cache/fontconfig: invalid cache file: c1e0ebede0a5820dfb31314ce531f395-x86.cache-2
...
/usr/bin/fc-cache: succeeded

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5(x86_64)

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