The link in the URL section of this bug pretty much explains the whole problem. The font env variables aren't set by this e-build, so each user has to figure out what's going on, find the FAQ, then set the env variables locally. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge octave (depends on gnuplot) 2. plot some data (in octave) 3. print("examplePlot.png", "-dpng") Actual Results: Plot with no text Expected Results: plot with text I use export GDFONTPATH=/usr/share/fonts/freefont-ttf/ export GNUPLOT_DEFAULT_GDFONT=FreeMono in .bashrc as a work around.
Gnuplot should fallback to its internal font. Doesn't it do that for you? > export GDFONTPATH=/usr/share/fonts/freefont-ttf/ > export GNUPLOT_DEFAULT_GDFONT=FreeMono I'm reluctant to add such settings since it would require additional dependencies (media-fonts/freefont-ttf for your example).
(In reply to comment #1) > Gnuplot should fallback to its internal font. Doesn't it do that for you? > No, not for sci-visualization/gnuplot-4.2.6 anyway...Maybe we can just mark this bug as ignore and people will see the bug report and that will be enough.
Not really a fix, but I've added the following einfo message to pkg_postinst: + if use gd; then + echo + einfo "For font support in png/jpeg/gif output, you may have to" + einfo "set the GDFONTPATH and GNUPLOT_DEFAULT_GDFONT environment" + einfo "variables. See the FAQ file in /usr/share/doc/${PF}/" + einfo "for more information." + fi
