[Qgis-developer] Folder repetition of SVG symbols

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 01-09-16 14:32, matteo wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a weird problem. I noticed that the SVG filling in the vector
> styling took a lot to load the symbols (really a lot) causing sometimes
> the crashing of QGIS.
> 
> So I discovered that I have the same App Symbol and User Symbols (empty)
> folders repeated 5 many times. Same folder, same symbols, same path
> (/usr/share/qgis/svg and /home/matteo/.qgis2/svg).
> 
> I never added new symbols (fresh QGIS master_2 compiled yesterday) on a
> Ubuntu 16.04 machine.
> 
> Is this behavior normal or have I some strange configuration?

Yep, I have seen this before... we even spoke about it in Bonn.. one of
the ideas was that this maybe was when you run multiple instances of
QGIS or install a new version while another is running or so??

Regards,

Richard