bug#30655: closed (xset(1) not accepting symlink to font path)

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> xset(1) not accepting symlink to font path
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> Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:54:29 +0100
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> Hello,
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> When I follow the manual at
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Application-Setup.html#X11-Fonts
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> I get the message that there is something wrong with the directory I'm
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> gast@graviton ~$ xset +fp ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype
> xset:  bad font path element (#0), possible causes are:
>     Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>     Directory missing fonts.dir
>     Incorrect font server address or syntax
> gast@graviton ~$ ls -l ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir 
> lrwxrwxrwx 2 root root 84 Jan  1  1970 
> /home/gast/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir -> 
> /gnu/store/5kp6hj8mk6pgfl4x3cgabl7z379jyyrl-fonts-dir/share/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir
> gast@graviton ~$ xset +fp 
> /gnu/store/5kp6hj8mk6pgfl4x3cgabl7z379jyyrl-fonts-dir/share/fonts/truetype
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> The last command exits with code 0.  Apparently, xset(1) does not want
> me to add symlink(2)s that point to valid directories.
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> —Marco
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> Tue, 16 Jun 2020 21:47:59 -0500
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> Hello.
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> It has been a while but the manual does include the updated xset command:
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/guix.html#X11-Fonts
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> Going to go ahead and close.
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