bug#25228: 25.1; GNU emacs 25.1: custom-set-faces from init file ~/.emacs ignored

[Dr. Werner Fink]

Hi,

just get a bug report from an user and I've verified that: using
(custom-set-faces) is ignored from ~/.emacs.  Using eval-expression
in minibuffer after start shows that the function its self does work.

The example was
(custom-set-faces '(default ((t (:family "B&H
LucidaTypewriter" :foundry "B&H" :slant normal :weight normal :height 90
:width normal)))))

I've tried direct in ~/.emacs as well as with a separate defined custom
file in ~/.emacs with

  (setq custom-file "~/.gnu-emacs-custom")
  (load custom-file t t)

and I've verified that ~/.emacs as well as ~/.gnu-emacs-custom will be
loaded as strace shows.

In GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.16.7)
 of 2016-09-21 built on lamb20
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11702000
System Description:     openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64)

Configured using:
 'configure --with-pop --without-hesiod --with-kerberos --with-kerberos5
 --with-xim --with-wide-int --with-file-notification=inotify
 --with-modules --enable-autodepend --prefix=/usr
 --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share
 --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
 
--enable-locallisppath=/usr/share/emacs/25.1/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
 --with-x --with-sound --with-xpm --with-jpeg --with-tiff --with-gif
 --with-png --with-rsvg --with-dbus --with-xft --without-gpm
 --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-xwidgets --x-includes=/usr/include
 --x-libraries=/usr/lib64 --with-libotf --with-m17n-flt
 --build=x86_64-suse-linux 'CFLAGS=-fmessage-length=0
 -grecord-gcc-switches -O2 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector
 -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -D_GNU_SOURCE
 -DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS -DGLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 -pipe -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-label
 -Wno-unprototyped-calls -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -fno-PIE
 -DSYSTEM_PURESIZE_EXTRA=55000 -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=10000 '
 LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O2'

Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND DBUS GCONF GSETTINGS NOTIFY
ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 MODULES XWIDGETS

Important settings:
  value of $LC_CTYPE: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: POSIX
  value of $LANG: POSIX
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  TeX-PDF-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
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Load-path shadows:
~/lib/site-lisp/rmime hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/rmime

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mule-util delsel lpr tooltip eldoc electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks
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hashtable-print-readable backquote dbusbind inotify dynamic-setting
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gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty make-network-process emacs)

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