[Xquartz-dev] 2.3.1_rc* and usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/fonts.conf ???

[Jeremy Huddleston]

Does it work fine for you with *just* the combo update?  The file  
should be in /usr/X11/share/fontconfig/fonts.conf in both 10.5.5 and  
2.3.1_rc6...

The problem is that gimp and inkscape don't link against our  
libfontconfig... The version in their bundle must assume the location  
of fonts.Fong to be at that old location... They should just use our  
libfontconfig rather than building their own

On Sep 7, 2008, at 8:35, Merle Reinhart <merlereinhart at mac.com> wrote:

> Jeremy,
>
> I was just trying out a particular sequence of OS X updates (the new
> seed combo update) and X11-2.3.1_rc6.
>
> All is working well, except that gimp and inkscape have been throwing
> an error:
>
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/
> fonts.conf"
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/
> fonts.conf"
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
>
> Looking at things, yes, it looks like in this situation of going from
> the X11 included with 10.5.5 (combo update from 10.5.4) to
> X11-2.3.1_rc6, that fonts.conf has gone missing.
>
> Other than the error, the impact appears to be any user installed
> fonts are completely ignored and the apps only see the X11 system  
> fonts.
>
> If I copy the fonts.conf from a previous system (the file is dated Dec
> 5, 2007 so I'm not completely sure what version of X11 (Xquartz or OS
> X update) it originally came from) then I don't get the errors and I
> can see my non-System installed fonts again.
>
> Anyway, I don't know if fonts.conf should have been included and was
> missed or not, but there is a potential for breakage in the near  
> future.
>
> Merle
>
>
>
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