On Sep 25, 2008, at 4:47 AM, Martin Costabel wrote: > The xquartz X11 update packages have switched from > /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/fonts.conf for the fontconfig conf file to > /usr/X11/lib/X11/fontconfig/fonts.conf > > Don't ask me why, probably because of a general "backward > comaptibility > is so boring" attitude. See the thread from > <http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/xquartz-dev/2008-September/001064.html > > > to > <http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/xquartz-dev/2008-September/001072.html > > > on the xquartz-dev mailing list. > > The change happened already several months ago, I think in > xquartz-2.2.0. And since Fink is now recommending to install the > xquartz > updates as a cure to the incompatibilities between Apple's stock X11 > and > Apple's stock xcode tools, the fontconfig-path package needs to > adapt to > this situation. Note that stock 10.5.5 X11 still uses the old > directory > for fonts.conf. > > I don't know the fontconfig xml based lingo, so I don't know if the > <include> directive in /sw/share/fontconfig-path/fontconfig-path.conf > can be conditionalized on the existence of one fonts.conf file or > another. It is probably easier to do this in a PostInst script. >
Since the package uses the profile.d mechanism, perhaps it might be easier to have two versions of the conf file and to do the conditionals in /sw/etc/profile.d/fontconfig-path.(c)sh to set FONTCONFIG_FILE to the appropriate place for the user's X11. > In any case, the current situation is broken. If you run any > executable > that uses X11 fonts and fontconfig on an xquartz-updated X11 > installation, you get > > Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file > "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/fonts.conf" > > and the fonts are not loaded. > > -- > Martin > > Also of note: this error gave me a segfault while building lilypond. Hacking fontconfig-path.conf to point to the right place fixed that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
