Gaetan Nadon <[email protected]> writes:

> The location ${sysconfdir}/X11/fontpath.d is unknown at configuration time
> (only at make time) as evidenced by the configuration output:
>
>     checking for ${prefix}/etc/X11/fontpath.d... no
>
> Unlike font-util for the X fonts, there is no mechanism to query where
> fontpath.d is. Fedora have chosen /etc/X11 and others have followed, but this
> is not a standard. It might also be installed at another location, it may or 
> may
> not be under the xserver installation prefix. We just don't know. Debian does
> not use this at all.
>
> Distros are using --with-default-path when they support fontpath.d, so they
> never relied on the server default as it never worked.
>
> The patch essentially is a noop, which leaves the door open for anyone who
> could potentially provide a reliable implementation of choosing fontpath.d
> when applicable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gaetan Nadon <[email protected]>

Merged.
   1782316..99bee6c  master -> master

If anyone has trouble with this now that it's been merged, please let us know...

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