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

[Merle Reinhart]

I get the same errors with *just* the delta update and with *just* the  
combo update.

I'm using gimp 2.4.5 built via fink.  Looking at the resulting binary  
(yes, I did
rebuild it to see if the problem resolved itself) shows that it is  
using the
X11 provided fontconfig:

otool -L /sw/bin/gimp-2.4 | grep font
	/usr/X11/lib/libfontconfig.1.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0,  
current version 5.0.0)


If I copy the fonts.conf in fontconfig over to fonts, then gimp  
doesn't throw the error
and it sees all the non-X11 fonts.  Rebuilding the caches didn't make  
any difference.

Anyway, that's what I'm seeing.

Merle



On Sep 7, 2008, at 3:32 PM, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

> 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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