GNU bug report logs - #43177
Bug: Emacs 27.1 hangs forever in `FcCharSetSubtractCount' from '/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alexander Shukaev <emacs <at> Alexander.Shukaev.name>

Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 07:20:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #116 received at 43177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 43177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, emacs <at> Alexander.Shukaev.name
Subject: Re: bug#43177: Bug: Emacs 27.1 hangs forever in
 `FcCharSetSubtractCount' from '/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1'
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 20:26:15 +0300

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: schwab <at> linux-m68k.org,  43177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   emacs <at> Alexander.Shukaev.name
> Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:04:35 +0200
> 
>     Eli> Shouldn't we query those other backends if the first one couldn't find
>     Eli> a font, even if the variable is nil?  Otherwise, this change could
>     Eli> cause regressions in some (hopefully rare) cases, whereby some
>     Eli> characters will display as hex codes where previously they were shown
>     Eli> using some font.
> 
> Thatʼs what this does.

Then I guess we should install it.
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