Subject: bug#24279: Bug in xterm and/or fontconfig

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:10:47 -0500

Hello,

[email-masked] (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

[...]

> We can also fix this once and for all with this patch:
>
> diff --git a/gnu/services/xorg.scm b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
> index 0da3397da..8f285b29a 100644
> --- a/gnu/services/xorg.scm
> +++ b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
> @@ -113,6 +113,8 @@
>          (file-append font-alias "/share/fonts/X11/100dpi")
>          (file-append font-alias "/share/fonts/X11/misc")
>          (file-append font-alias "/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic")
> +        (file-append font-misc-misc               ;default fonts for xterm
> +                     "/share/fonts/X11/misc")
>          (file-append font-adobe75dpi "/share/fonts/X11/75dpi")))
>  
>  (define* (xorg-configuration-file #:key
>
>
> That adds 4.1 MiB, but it saves user headaches, so I think it’s worth it.
>
> I’ll go ahead and push that if there are no objections.

And another bug down! :) Thanks for fixing it; LGTM!

Maxim