GNU bug report logs - #41241
xfce4 default font display broken after guix pull; sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm

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From: W Knight <whk <at> umbisag.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: xfce4 default font display broken after guix pull; sudo guix system
 reconfigure /etc/config.scm
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 17:57:44 +0000 (GMT+00:00)

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Summary: 
After doing a guix pull; sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm on a fresh 1.1.0 install via iso the default font for all xfce displays breaks. Each character in menu, applications, and terminals is a box with four dots (no character available). 
If I switch from generation 2 (reconfigure) to generation 1 (iso) fonts work again. 

Workaround: manually adding fonts-dejavu to /etc/config.scm packages and reconfiguring fixes issue 




Comments: 


gdm font on login screen is ok through all generations 


Test Environment: 


Fresh install of iso using: 


# Create vm 

cd /data//vms 
mkdir guixFirst 
cd guixFirst 
qemu-img create -f qcow2 guix-system.img 50G 
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 4096 -smp 2 -enable-kvm \ 
-net nic,model=virtio -net user -boot menu=on,order=d \ 
-device virtio-blk,drive=myhd \ 
-drive if=none,file=guix-system.img,id=myhd \ 
-drive media=cdrom,file=/data/isos/guix/guix-system-install-1.1.0.x86_64-linux.iso 

# Run the vm 
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 4096 -smp 2 -enable-kvm -boot menu=on,order=c \ 
-net nic,model=virtio -net user,hostfwd=tcp::60022-:22 \ 
-device virtio-blk,drive=myhd \ 
-drive if=none,file=guix-system.img,id=myhd 





Update from account testuser using: 

<blockquote>

guix pull 
sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm 

</blockquote>



Produced Generations: 



<blockquote>
$ guix system list-generations 
Generation 1 May 12 2020 23:33:42 
file name: /var/guix/profiles/system-1-link 
canonical file name: /gnu/store/ysjw622hn9va5kfhba4yr662ng91mkxk-system 
label: GNU with Linux-Libre 5.4.31 
bootloader: grub 
root device: /dev/mapper/cryptroot 
kernel: /gnu/store/g56i8savnfr7981fil03idkjl0syj29d-linux-libre-5.4.31/bzImage 
configuration file: /gnu/store/rmg71s4nryann43phyalbrxvpyfal2nw-configuration.scm 
Generation 2 May 13 2020 00:25:05 (current) 
file name: /var/guix/profiles/system-2-link 
canonical file name: /gnu/store/lv7bz7f5gmcwwilx7jzvf757rvymqj0c-system 
label: GNU with Linux-Libre 5.4.40 
bootloader: grub 
root device: /dev/mapper/cryptroot 
kernel: /gnu/store/am92pydjrby5wv2hpvsqara203jrna2c-linux-libre-5.4.40/bzImage 
channels: 
guix: 
repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git 
branch: master 
commit: 1a75fc8442cb2c9fa644d52f600e608279c87698 
configuration file: /gnu/store/rmg71s4nryann43phyalbrxvpyfal2nw-configuration.scm 

</blockquote>



Generation 1 config: 

<blockquote>
testuser <at> guixFirst /var/guix/profiles/system-1-link$ cat /var/guix/profiles/system-1-link/configuration.scm 
;; This is an operating system configuration generated 
;; by the graphical installer. 

(use-modules (gnu)) 
(use-service-modules desktop networking ssh xorg) 

(operating-system 
(locale "en_US.utf8") 
(timezone "America/Chicago") 
(keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us")) 
(host-name "guixFirst") 
(users (cons* (user-account 
(name "testuser") 
(comment "Testuser") 
(group "users") 
(home-directory "/home/testuser") 
(supplementary-groups 
'("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video"))) 
%base-user-accounts)) 
(packages 
(append 
(list (specification->package "nss-certs")) 
%base-packages)) 
(services 
(append 
(list (service xfce-desktop-service-type) 
(service openssh-service-type) 
(set-xorg-configuration 
(xorg-configuration 
(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))) 
%desktop-services)) 
(bootloader 
(bootloader-configuration 
(bootloader grub-bootloader) 
(target "/dev/vda") 
(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))) 
(mapped-devices 
(list (mapped-device 
(source 
(uuid "46603b23-6499-4022-96ac-59ff0fc8d161")) 
(target "cryptroot") 
(type luks-device-mapping)))) 
(file-systems 
(cons* (file-system 
(mount-point "/") 
(device "/dev/mapper/cryptroot") 
(type "ext4") 
(dependencies mapped-devices)) 
%base-file-systems))) 

</blockquote>
Generation 1 installed packages: 


<blockquote>
testuser <at> guixFirst /var/guix/profiles/system-1-link$ guix package --list-installed --profile=/var/guix/profiles/system-1-link/profile 
mcron 1.1.3 out /gnu/store/ymi776ygpc0r334gxjznf6xdlbw7zc0q-mcron-1.1.3 
localed 241 out /gnu/store/kcp43mnxbcxhqvafvqg2qpi0vqh00fn6-localed-241 
xfce 4.14.0 out /gnu/store/pbm66bg6qcj54vv946drs2rdkvys0bsj-xfce-4.14.0 
openssh 8.2p1 out /gnu/store/fmk31g91ljr88n1rbdsyab9l4z8kw04c-openssh-8.2p1 
font-abattis-cantarell 0.111 out /gnu/store/l0h8n4jn0xhj942gdh28i3rvbbywi613-font-abattis-cantarell-0.111 
adwaita-icon-theme 3.32.0 out /gnu/store/j1dnxq4fs64gg4cnfqq5slsmkff7v7pa-adwaita-icon-theme-3.32.0 
network-manager 1.18.4 out /gnu/store/5jj8jj4lcjaf177j7h5iqwrrc191ivi1-network-manager-1.18.4 
wpa-supplicant 2.9 out /gnu/store/la4k8q7nfhgiksw9l6xnyv42gpcad24g-wpa-supplicant-2.9 
network-manager-applet 1.8.24 out /gnu/store/8lx761bxhcp8wjahy656fxgkng3nx8bq-network-manager-applet-1.8.24 
avahi 0.7 out /gnu/store/f7zmq1hffs9lrwkyyn88k5r399a7f8xh-avahi-0.7 
udisks 2.7.7 out /gnu/store/0wnmr8l97v50cd5nphdslby3zm0b8h8n-udisks-2.7.7 
upower 0.99.11 out /gnu/store/jadx75c489ry1as2sh1mvjgd7in3jrsr-upower-0.99.11 
elogind 243.4 out /gnu/store/lmmfg2mnkcdfz3rc7655zynr4jjld890-elogind-243.4 
guix 1.1.0 out /gnu/store/5mz80gshvf3rj44gwaqki08bqmrwzp2h-guix-1.1.0 
rottlog 0.72.2 out /gnu/store/77ah7yxgz838m7sq7wcgn325gimibjq6-rottlog-0.72.2 
shepherd 0.7.0 out /gnu/store/8gndzq1gbgxs8zk5j4bnzc8zqcrmbi5z-shepherd-0.7.0 
lzip 1.21 out /gnu/store/bbr7slf7a1vkp0an17w8rs095aipfmy3-lzip-1.21 
xz 5.2.4 out /gnu/store/lbip9isk25isymvnb159l115xnacb5j8-xz-5.2.4 
bzip2 1.0.6 out /gnu/store/l86azr7r3p5631wj3kk329jl1y1mpjgy-bzip2-1.0.6 
gzip 1.10 out /gnu/store/py3k9zla9fj3z7430v4crqj5pyrsd3qj-gzip-1.10 
tar 1.32 out /gnu/store/cnqpra8vr2l5fz00rr4yj4bp3hr00cfw-tar-1.32 
gawk 5.0.1 out /gnu/store/2z9hsww76aag37p40671l9niq5pvvasx-gawk-5.0.1 
patch 2.7.6 out /gnu/store/v76scv4n63ip08g119rczh2mrw31zwpd-patch-2.7.6 
diffutils 3.7 out /gnu/store/58sq8iabw3jkv0fvf95hd7sq2g4xcsnz-diffutils-3.7 
sed 4.7 out /gnu/store/afmvfw1yhfal48n1kjq6bk6kcw8sc3db-sed-4.7 
grep 3.3 out /gnu/store/7iyvxhp2g3v3655zqwr6biz2h0lqv7pr-grep-3.3 
findutils 4.6.0 out /gnu/store/g9d3wv1d68iflx57yp3mcp3k3sv8spsl-findutils-4.6.0 
coreutils 8.31 out /gnu/store/9kzrrccpzl6i1sfwb0drb00gi2gwk0x0-coreutils-8.31 
bash 5.0.7 out /gnu/store/n1c9jiv2njnvdfz58v71fvzq0hkgivz1-bash-5.0.7 
guile-colorized 0.1 out /gnu/store/pf1cipqlqqrhybqvipjg6pynbmmm3lww-guile-colorized-0.1 
guile-readline 2.2.6 out /gnu/store/dqwcbqyj7hsvniskhq6vv6c0whlnrzp4-guile-readline-2.2.6 
guile 2.2.6 out /gnu/store/1mkkv2caiqbdbbd256c4dirfi4kwsacv-guile-2.2.6 
bash-completion 2.8 out /gnu/store/9i5d4dsxip5mfrrda0z2mypjg77ypm27-bash-completion-2.8 
kbd 2.0.4 out /gnu/store/122h6251143lh1g9xipggd331q5vqd3k-kbd-2.0.4 
e2fsprogs 1.45.5 out /gnu/store/6lqcz57c2r06p3ggjr81c9h88afddgzq-e2fsprogs-1.45.5 
eudev 3.2.9 out /gnu/store/d92fv6s63hmn9ny806j9s758bpwbbh85-eudev-3.2.9 
kmod 26 out /gnu/store/d064bv2b1hrb07j2zj78i608db7qldx9-kmod-26 
sudo 1.8.31p1 out /gnu/store/l320ig872ny66d1yi6v7n4zb93iz50dx-sudo-1.8.31p1 
info-reader 6.6 out /gnu/store/hk454lb6ssv0gj677b2ycis881yjx5sw-info-reader-6.6 
man-db 2.9.1 out /gnu/store/lf0hv4a4x0k4scj3fy3v50y4hgzxz6bj-man-db-2.9.1 
iproute2 5.5.0 out /gnu/store/30n1w6vd2c45fvipib0hrafhsgssb9lw-iproute2-5.5.0 
wireless-tools 30.pre9 out /gnu/store/z4jwx3v0dfx2gixmvvjrn93cw3s78jks-wireless-tools-30.pre9 
iw 4.14 out /gnu/store/l41s0qa1xr21l4na3fscjkdy1w5lnb1h-iw-4.14 
shadow 4.8.1 out /gnu/store/324r5cjvfr5jdxdghmpl2gk1d29q3q7z-shadow-4.8.1 
isc-dhcp 4.4.2 out /gnu/store/y9zrf9pa7dxx7ivkd8xlcs03gmf0g1ba-isc-dhcp-4.4.2 
inetutils 1.9.4 out /gnu/store/ljwvyw48n2j28q0w96qykr04wcgwzcnh-inetutils-1.9.4 
util-linux-with-udev 2.34 out /gnu/store/0xq0f13zm6wc8jdl5qgmx4zg7narv893-util-linux-with-udev-2.34 
usbutils 012 out /gnu/store/n3bj919h6f1ndcn2d85lkmv4y28phjl3-usbutils-012 
pciutils 3.6.4 out /gnu/store/7b3v93b9gba77z7fwrh4s1g5d6yckbnc-pciutils-3.6.4 
nano 4.9 out /gnu/store/2naak5n1qssgj3qhv1h9msac4bdmi2gn-nano-4.9 
zile 2.4.14 out /gnu/store/9n7rz7pxc5wl66d4bmkrlww28nw7pw1v-zile-2.4.14 
less 551 out /gnu/store/m9hr79gprslx3d8lag2887607jx639dc-less-551 
which 2.21 out /gnu/store/4izp5ih15pdr3q2hax2c6fmjqsw4vcrv-which-2.21 
psmisc 23.3 out /gnu/store/619x3nsk248sli24jz3xd07fh91d6nrv-psmisc-23.3 
procps 3.3.16 out /gnu/store/qi3a81szwaki6769jjnrp7vz1svavnrg-procps-3.3.16 
nss-certs 3.50 out /gnu/store/0y63pfqi2626nwsjbksrci1jyd62cxx8-nss-certs-3.50 

</blockquote>


Generation 2 config: 

<blockquote>
testuser <at> guixFirst /var/guix/profiles/system-2-link$ cat /var/guix/profiles/system-2-link/configuration.scm 
;; This is an operating system configuration generated 
;; by the graphical installer. 

(use-modules (gnu)) 
(use-service-modules desktop networking ssh xorg) 

(operating-system 
(locale "en_US.utf8") 
(timezone "America/Chicago") 
(keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us")) 
(host-name "guixFirst") 
(users (cons* (user-account 
(name "testuser") 
(comment "Testuser") 
(group "users") 
(home-directory "/home/testuser") 
(supplementary-groups 
'("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video"))) 
%base-user-accounts)) 
(packages 
(append 
(list (specification->package "nss-certs")) 
%base-packages)) 
(services 
(append 
(list (service xfce-desktop-service-type) 
(service openssh-service-type) 
(set-xorg-configuration 
(xorg-configuration 
(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))) 
%desktop-services)) 
(bootloader 
(bootloader-configuration 
(bootloader grub-bootloader) 
(target "/dev/vda") 
(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))) 
(mapped-devices 
(list (mapped-device 
(source 
(uuid "46603b23-6499-4022-96ac-59ff0fc8d161")) 
(target "cryptroot") 
(type luks-device-mapping)))) 
(file-systems 
(cons* (file-system 
(mount-point "/") 
(device "/dev/mapper/cryptroot") 
(type "ext4") 
(dependencies mapped-devices)) 
%base-file-systems))) 

</blockquote>
Generation 2 installed packages: 



<blockquote>
testuser <at> guixFirst /var/guix/profiles/system-2-link$ guix package --list-installed --profile=/var/guix/profiles/system-2-link/profile 
guile: warning: failed to install locale 
mcron 1.1.4 out /gnu/store/izm3zy5vqh3r5wjz364hxnpl9wq0kd5v-mcron-1.1.4 
localed 241 out /gnu/store/mnzcp2rrv143impzpjwhf22wmyxwba10-localed-241 
xfce 4.14.2 out /gnu/store/79bax5fyz3gym6xvlav5ywhr59g3k2ff-xfce-4.14.2 
openssh 8.2p1 out /gnu/store/397a8xjw5psr31h4wiwj2dr3ln31w1hq-openssh-8.2p1 
font-abattis-cantarell 0.111 out /gnu/store/iahd565pyyamqsb4cz32lw793di15lkc-font-abattis-cantarell-0.111 
adwaita-icon-theme 3.34.3 out /gnu/store/l8hgdxvz2nqlfnsk6p7x0g6j1awh94lk-adwaita-icon-theme-3.34.3 
network-manager 1.18.4 out /gnu/store/78krscsvac029g2kpb9pfyzbg81la7mi-network-manager-1.18.4 
wpa-supplicant 2.9 out /gnu/store/252hmwsr7dbbnmxwcp51sck6rxy0ki0w-wpa-supplicant-2.9 
network-manager-applet 1.8.24 out /gnu/store/qd0ics4z8khiclllv5nnz8cs1hd271yz-network-manager-applet-1.8.24 
avahi 0.8 out /gnu/store/awni95mcqnjydafq6rv1b67jsgndbi8i-avahi-0.8 
udisks 2.7.7 out /gnu/store/63dnwg38xl3xrm83k425ddl3b54y87zp-udisks-2.7.7 
upower 0.99.11 out /gnu/store/rwzi032j54k415rix180n9mygx0cqfkf-upower-0.99.11 
elogind 243.4 out /gnu/store/44il8dnl5qc6ryb3v0lp5374hg3h7vx5-elogind-243.4 
guix 1.1.0-4.bdc801e out /gnu/store/9qs1v87rv4ch7x07adbx8pfnkjxm39d1-guix-1.1.0-4.bdc801e 
rottlog 0.72.2 out /gnu/store/nxx2wpgnjv4hn9js54n2mnrj0rdv0ahs-rottlog-0.72.2 
shepherd 0.8.0 out /gnu/store/277md04f98aaacqlcwpwd9xrw3skb4za-shepherd-0.8.0 
lzip 1.21 out /gnu/store/q54f2b7qz4vhwbmxww0i19z8mayabmpg-lzip-1.21 
xz 5.2.4 out /gnu/store/r7k859hmcnkazf492fasqvk25jflnfk6-xz-5.2.4 
bzip2 1.0.8 out /gnu/store/a9f7wmc75hbpg520phw9z4l9asm3qvsw-bzip2-1.0.8 
gzip 1.10 out /gnu/store/378zjf2kgajcfd7mfr98jn5xyc5wa3qv-gzip-1.10 
tar 1.32 out /gnu/store/sf3rbvb6iqcphgm1afbplcs72hsywg25-tar-1.32 
gawk 5.0.1 out /gnu/store/alfmgg03i759f8ppzkbbad82lbdpv22h-gawk-5.0.1 
patch 2.7.6 out /gnu/store/jzyji08gv4lshpyddl5897iiapyac6vn-patch-2.7.6 
diffutils 3.7 out /gnu/store/qq4fl5wsxi0jv9w33sw5a6wvbxw8yxs4-diffutils-3.7 
sed 4.8 out /gnu/store/hzx0iyg1a637zywcbhv3l9lk9fkyihgs-sed-4.8 
grep 3.4 out /gnu/store/yhqc5imq7sn2sf9f48dj4gk12y4kw4s4-grep-3.4 
findutils 4.7.0 out /gnu/store/jyxv85scwbplisx6xrwfr94k70m1ynhn-findutils-4.7.0 
coreutils 8.32 out /gnu/store/n8awazyldv9hbzb7pjcw76hiifmvrpvd-coreutils-8.32 
bash 5.0.16 out /gnu/store/87kif0bpf0anwbsaw0jvg8fyciw4sz67-bash-5.0.16 
guile 3.0.2 out /gnu/store/18hp7flyb3yid3yp49i6qcdq0sbi5l1n-guile-3.0.2 
shadow 4.8.1 out /gnu/store/r4hd5nnhbmhi7fvbl4cwcmb71schv27f-shadow-4.8.1 
which 2.21 out /gnu/store/k30a2pgmc6b3ifmq3rn0dr5ng9gr8w81-which-2.21 
psmisc 23.3 out /gnu/store/4i4z85hr32bwl9r6z05ln3ybasqzpc7z-psmisc-23.3 
procps 3.3.16 out /gnu/store/x765119mh28gwp62iwxjfxfwab78r129-procps-3.3.16 
wireless-tools 30.pre9 out /gnu/store/zlsm2b3r377nxq4f522d99pg45hv6mvr-wireless-tools-30.pre9 
iw 4.14 out /gnu/store/bkr47jzdwiaaq2nxfv016ipbq7912kcg-iw-4.14 
iproute2 5.5.0 out /gnu/store/q3bd6v4595pqfnnb6m9sxfilj1hhvw0j-iproute2-5.5.0 
isc-dhcp 4.4.2 out /gnu/store/9ll5am5kglqbddikxbxh0r0j9f5xmf8m-isc-dhcp-4.4.2 
inetutils 1.9.4 out /gnu/store/lgdqnib88jsdp57gp129qxdvzsyzlg2j-inetutils-1.9.4 
eudev 3.2.9 out /gnu/store/bjp2vcbdsmckv2b4f69bci1z9n0i43b6-eudev-3.2.9 
kmod 26 out /gnu/store/9rvf68qxkq14sxajdp4gf8qqa026bjj2-kmod-26 
util-linux-with-udev 2.35.1 out /gnu/store/7l93yjckm2pz5n24g1sypgfv703m1j56-util-linux-with-udev-2.35.1 
usbutils 012 out /gnu/store/3hqcaxdrnkij40pgqr278is6w2sx6h9k-usbutils-012 
pciutils 3.6.4 out /gnu/store/vzl9c4ydac53jcrb51jvgk0djdrnv7j2-pciutils-3.6.4 
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sudo 1.9.0 out /gnu/store/x8bs3djqc4wx333dqjnglhk5k1ag0sv7-sudo-1.9.0 
kbd 2.0.4 out /gnu/store/ymc5xgz2xrn8ixay4xjkixchirbg9xsh-kbd-2.0.4 
bash-completion 2.8 out /gnu/store/h1k1lng1h4khr07h4y6hsw2xz5x6x1kb-bash-completion-2.8 
info-reader 6.7 out /gnu/store/wx15gmccrk0gb3qgj17gski0c03ndgdh-info-reader-6.7 
man-db 2.9.1 out /gnu/store/xpjfq928jjxc4f9k8xcjna1wnf4l2sm2-man-db-2.9.1 
nano 4.9.2 out /gnu/store/39jnz8899sc4l92q53wxwqhb2n2pgcc9-nano-4.9.2 
zile 2.4.14 out /gnu/store/2q5ksz7xaxg0ns1hrjkx7v7yip138khr-zile-2.4.14 
less 551 out /gnu/store/042bb9wz1ig20y16dl6ssa85d12w5c98-less-551 
e2fsprogs 1.45.6 out /gnu/store/swwd2i26pqx1jyfg81lrnrw1hq7adn05-e2fsprogs-1.45.6 
nss-certs 3.50 out /gnu/store/24yvi2yyknfrpyb7linxd09dkpc560xp-nss-certs-3.50 

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Message #8 received at 41241 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: W Knight <whk <at> umbisag.org>, 41241 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41241: xfce4 default font display broken after guix pull;
 sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 21:37:41 +0200

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W Knight <whk <at> umbisag.org> writes:

> Summary: 
> After doing a guix pull; sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm on a fresh 1.1.0 install via iso the default font for all xfce displays breaks. Each character in menu, applications, and terminals is a box with four dots (no character available). 
> If I switch from generation 2 (reconfigure) to generation 1 (iso) fonts work again. 
>
> Workaround: manually adding fonts-dejavu to /etc/config.scm packages and reconfiguring fixes issue 

This roots in the fact that Pango (the font rendering library used by
GTK+) no longer supports bitmap fonts:

  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/issues/386

We should probably provide a default font in %base-packages to work
around this problem, or graft TrueType/OpenType fonts onto the
'gs-fonts' package which is available to most applications (but
unfortunately only contains bitmap fonts..).

I don't have a clear idea of what a proper solution here would be,
feedback wanted.

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Message #11 received at 41241 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: W Knight <whk <at> umbisag.org>
To: 41241 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41241: example snapshots
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 19:05:03 +0000 (GMT+00:00)

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Generation 1 (working image): 




Generation 2 (broken image): 

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Message #16 received at 41241-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: guix-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: fontconfig: Add replacement with font-dejavu instead
 of gs-fonts.
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 00:00:39 +0200

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Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> writes:

> On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 04:50:12PM +0200, Marius Bakke wrote:
>> This is a hack to make (some) fonts working when users don't have fonts
>> specified in their system configuration, and (crucially) places where
>> the fontconfig cache may be unavailable such as 'guix pack's.
>> 
>> I'm not sure whether font-dejavu is a good replacement here.  Another
>> approach could be to convert gs-fonts to TrueType or OpenType format.
>> 
>> Thoughts?  I don't know much about fonts and would appreciate feedback.
>
> I think you should push right away, assuming that it helps and doesn't
> rebuild the world.

I pushed the patch as ab9de8cfb0525ef43668712ac898707f97f9a620.

I verified that it fixes the immediate problem with fonts in the Guix
manual (#41282) as well as 'guix pack' (#41344).  It should also provide
a decent fallback for cases where the user did not explicitly install
any fonts such as in #41241.

Hoping for angry reports now about why such a poor replacement font was
chosen.  ;-)

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