5812 – emerge x3270 clobbers fonts.dir file in fonts/misc: X won't start

Bug 5812 - emerge x3270 clobbers fonts.dir file in fonts/misc: X won't start

Summary: emerge x3270 clobbers fonts.dir file in fonts/misc: X won't start

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Grant Goodyear (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-07-31 07:10 UTC by David Alan Black
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description David Alan Black 2002-07-31 07:10:23 UTC

emerge of x3270 overwrites /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.dir, with a
fonts.dir that only includes the x3270 fonts.

startx then fails, because X can't find its default 'fixed' font (which is
invisible because it's no longer listed in fonts.dir).  

Workaround is to run mkfontdir on /usr/<...>/fonts/misc after emerging x3270.

Comment 1 Nicholas Wourms 2002-08-04 08:50:31 UTC

While you are modifying the font issue, can you also look into why the make.conf
optimizations aren't being sent to the compiler?  I have a suspicion that the
Imake system is overriding the user provided defaults, but I'm not sure.

Comment 2 Grant Goodyear (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-09-22 19:57:13 UTC

Looks like seemant already fixed this.