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Subject: bug#22100: 'font-alias' breaks other xorg font packages when
	installed in a single profile
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:05:28 +0100
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To: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
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Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:

> I install several xorg font packages (font-adobe75dpi, font-adobe100dpi,
> font-misc-misc and font-alias) in one of my profiles, and point my Xorg
> font path to this directory.  Previously it worked fine, but after
> commit bf9655f=C2=B9, I cannot use this anymore, because the empty
> "fonts.dir" files from 'font-alias' packages override the proper
> "fonts.dir" files from the other packages.

D=E2=80=99oh!

> So since it was a workaround for Xorg server behaviour, I wonder would
> it be possible to modify 'xorg-server' package instead?  So that along
> with directories with "fonts.dir" files, Xorg server would also handle
> directories that have "fonts.alias" files.

It seems we need something along these lines, indeed.

WDYT Eric?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.