bug#1126: Xresources override face settings

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

Package: Emacs
Version: 23.0.60

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

When I do 

% xrdb -remove
% echo 'Emacs.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' | xrdb -load
% src/emacs -Q --eval '(customize-face (quote variable-pitch))'

I get a buffer that shows that `variable-pitch' should use a "Sans
Serif" family, yet C-u C-x = on the "sample" text shows that it's
actually
using -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1.
Apparently no amount of changing the `family' setting will change the
font used for that face.


        Stefan


If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
/home/monnier/src/emacs/work/etc/DEBUG for instructions.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.11)
 of 2008-10-05 on pastel
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10402000
configured using `configure  'CFLAGS=-Wall -Wno-pointer-sign -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE -DSYNC_INPUT -DENABLE_CHECKING -DXASSERTS -DFONTSET_DEBUG -g -O0' 'LDFLAGS=-L/home/monnier/src/Xaw3d' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/home/monnier/src/Xaw3d''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: fr_CH.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Article

Minor modes in effect:
  url-handler-mode: t
  global-reveal-mode: t
  reveal-mode: t
  auto-insert-mode: t
  savehist-mode: t
  minibuffer-electric-default-mode: t
  cua-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<right> <up> <up> <left> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> M-d M-q C-e <right> <up> <left> 
<right> <down> <left> <right> <down> <left> <right> 
<up> <up> <left> <right> <down> <left> <right> <down> 
<left> <right> <up> <up> <left> <right> <down> <left> 
<right> <down> <left> <right> <up> <up> <left> <right> 
<down> <left> <right> <down> <left> <right> <down> 
<left> <down> <left> <right> <down> <left> C-d C-d 
C-d C-d C-e <right> C-k C-n C-n C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k 
C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k 
C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k T h a n k s , SPC b 
u t SPC I ' m SPC a l r e a d y SPC p v e r SPC m y 
SPC <M-backspace> <M-backspace> s w a m p e d SPC e 
n o u g h SPC w i t h SPC E m a c s , <return> <return> 
<return> M-i S t e f a n <return> <help-echo> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> <help-echo> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <help-echo> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> C-c C-c <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<select-window> <switch-frame> <select-window> <help-echo> 
<left> n <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> q <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <help-echo> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> 
<switch-frame> <help-echo> <select-window> <help-echo> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> <select-window> <select-window> <switch-frame> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <switch-frame> <select-window> <help-echo> 
<select-window> <up> C-x b <return> C-x b <return> 
q q <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <select-window> q q <switch-frame> <switch-frame> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <help-echo> <select-window> 
C-x b <return> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<select-window> <help-echo> M-x r e p o r t - e m <tab> 
<return>

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