[fontconfig] gimp could not find any fonts

[kerwinxu]

mingw-w64-x86_64-fontconfig-2.13.92-1 has problem . gimp could not find any fonts .

[Jehan]

Hi!

This was fixed upstream at Fontconfig which had a regression on FcConfigParseAndLoad*():
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/commit/fcada522913e5e07efa6367eff87ace9f06d24c8

So either Msys2 should downgrade (also apparently the stable release is 2.13.1; why does Msys2 release an unstable version?), or should cherry-pick this fix.
Thanks for all the hard work! 🙂

[Biswa96]

why does Msys2 release an unstable version?

Msys2 is inherited from ArchLinux, so being unstable is in it's gene 😎 Also fontconfig has 2.13.92 tag.

There are two options:

1. Import the patch file here and rebuild the package. It builds without any compiler error (at least).
2. Use the fontconfig git repository with a specific commit. But need someone familiar with the project.

Which one is better option here?

[Jehan]

Msys2 is inherited from ArchLinux, so being unstable is in it's gene sunglasses Also fontconfig has 2.13.92 tag.

Ok.

Which one is better option here?

Personally I would just go the patch way, because just adding more experimental commits in may bring you more work-in-progress bugs. I mean, unless you get lucky or you've got time on your hand, this is most likely not recommended.

But in the end, the choice is yours, not mine. 🙂

[lazka]

@Jehan thanks for the hint re the regression/patch!

Not sure why fontconfig was updated... my guess would be because Arch did first.

[lazka]

new package including the fix is out

[lazka]

Inkscape noted in #7230 that things are still broken. Does anyone know more?