font files not read/processed when they are symlinks?

[balducci at units.it]

Alan Coopersmith writes:
> Correct - since the X server is often run with raised privileges, it
> was fixed last year to use O_NOFOLLOW to not follow symbolic links
> when handling font files:
>
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxfont/commit/7b377456f95d2ec3ead40
> f4fb74ea620191f88c8

thanks a lot indeed!

That clarifies everything: actually I wasn't 100% sure that the reason
was this; now I can "close" the issue: no stow with X font files.

ciao
-g