GNU bug report logs - #38498
Fontconfig does not find fonts in non-default profiles

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>

Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 10:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #46 received at 38498-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: 38498-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38498: Fontconfig does not find fonts in non-default profiles
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:26:29 -0400

Hi Pierre,

Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz> writes:

> The fontconfig package has this bit:
>
> (string-append "--with-add-fonts="
>   "~/.guix-profile/share/fonts,"
>   "/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts")
>
> If I understand correctly, fonts can only be installed at the system
> level or in ~/.guix-profile.

This is no longer true, since commit
c738a054cac00441a4f697f0b40705d0b3f4a7a7, which allowed fontconfig to
find fonts via a search path specification using XDG_DATA_DIRS.

Closing.

Maxim
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