[PATCH RESEND2 xserver] Default font path: remove the check for ${sysconfdir}/X11/fontpath.d

[Gaetan Nadon]

On 14-02-07 10:05 PM, Keith Packard wrote:
> Gaetan Nadon <memsize at videotron.ca> writes:
>
>> The location ${sysconfdir}/X11/fontpath.d is unknown at configuration time
>> (only at make time) as evidenced by the configuration output:
>>
>>     checking for ${prefix}/etc/X11/fontpath.d... no
>>
>> Unlike font-util for the X fonts, there is no mechanism to query where
>> fontpath.d is. Fedora have chosen /etc/X11 and others have followed, but this
>> is not a standard. It might also be installed at another location, it may or may
>> not be under the xserver installation prefix. We just don't know. Debian does
>> not use this at all.
>>
>> Distros are using --with-default-path when they support fontpath.d, so they
>> never relied on the server default as it never worked.
> I'd like to get some review from people familiar with the distro
> packaging process to understand if this analysis is accurate; I haven't
> any way to know what the effect of this change would be otherwise.
>
I would like to as well. The dead code is trying to implement a feature,
so we can remove the dead code, or try to fix it. My investigation lead
me to believe that the feature is not implementable, so the patch just
removes the dead code.

If we don't hear from anyone regarding a proper implementation of the
feature, I suggest applying the patch. Given it is dead code and has
never worked since inception 4 years ago, the risk is zero.

Thanks!