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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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 43177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Alexander Shukaev <emacs <at> Alexander.Shukaev.name>
Subject: bug#43177: Bug: Emacs 27.1 hangs forever in `FcCharSetSubtractCount' from '/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1'
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2020 17:10:30 +0200

>>>>> On Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:48:04 +0200, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> said:

    Andreas> On Sep 03 2020, Robert Pluim wrote:
    >> Does it go away if you set font-backend . ftcrhb in your frame
    >> parameters (assuming youʼre using Cairo)?

    Andreas> That completely removes the delay.

So the solution is easy: just deprecate and remove the 'x' backend :-)

Robert
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