[arch] Arch has gone *too* slow

[arnuld]

> On Feb 24, 7:57 pm, "Rob Page" <page.... at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I can't entirely remember what I did, I may have uninstalled and
> reinstalled various font packages or fontconfig or X11 or something,
> however, this link, seems to suggest it may be something to do with a
> time error, in the font directory:
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-d...@lists.debian.org/msg266900.html

sorry but i copied this link into address-bar and says:

"page does not found"

> And claims that running this:
>
> for dir in `/usr/share/fonts/X11 ...`
> do
> touch $dir
> done
>
> as root may fix it.

can you explain, a little with *words*, what exactly i need to
accomplish. i, plain, did not get it, it is confusing