From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marco van Hulten Subject: bug#30655: xset(1) not accepting symlink to font path Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:54:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20180228225429.09cd9fd8@jasniac.instanton> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41087) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1er9gp-0006Hw-Vj for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:55:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1er9gl-0003cH-31 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:55:07 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:58311) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1er9gk-0003b7-KN for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:55:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1er9gk-0007VD-4m for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:55:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40255) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1er9gL-00062P-M4 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:54:39 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1er9gH-0002u4-J0 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:54:37 -0500 Received: from eterpe-smout.broadpark.no ([80.202.8.16]:35713) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1er9gH-0002q6-8x for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:54:33 -0500 Received: from bgo1cloudm1.nextgentel.net ([80.202.8.58]) by eterpe-smout.broadpark.no (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) with ESMTP id <0P4V00JJ8RFVQED0@eterpe-smout.broadpark.no> for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:54:30 +0100 (CET) List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 30655@debbugs.gnu.org Hello, When I follow the manual at https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Application-Setup.html#X= 11-Fonts , I get the message that there is something wrong with the directory I'm trying to add it: gast@graviton ~$ xset +fp ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype xset: bad font path element (#0), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax gast@graviton ~$ ls -l ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir=20 lrwxrwxrwx 2 root root 84 Jan 1 1970 /home/gast/.guix-profile/share/fonts= /truetype/fonts.dir -> /gnu/store/5kp6hj8mk6pgfl4x3cgabl7z379jyyrl-fonts-di= r/share/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir gast@graviton ~$ xset +fp /gnu/store/5kp6hj8mk6pgfl4x3cgabl7z379jyyrl-fonts= -dir/share/fonts/truetype The last command exits with code 0. Apparently, xset(1) does not want me to add symlink(2)s that point to valid directories. =E2=80=94Marco