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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#38498: Fontconfig does not find fonts in non-default profiles
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:04:23 +0100
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To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>, 38498@debbugs.gnu.org

Hi!

Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> We could fix that by adding a patch so that Fontconfig would honor
>> $FONTCONFIG_FONT_PATH or similar.
>
> Have we ever asked upstream?  Maybe they would consider adding it.
> If they don't, I'm in favour of a patch! :)

I don=E2=80=99t think anyone asked upstream and I agree that we should!  It
could help to have a patch ready to get the discussion started anyway.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.