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Re: [PATCH 2/3] profiles: Add fonts-dir-file hook.
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Alex Kost |
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Re: [PATCH 2/3] profiles: Add fonts-dir-file hook. |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:59:17 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Ludovic Courtès (2016-07-05 17:31 +0300) wrote:
> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès (2016-07-02 17:34 +0300) wrote:
>>
>>> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>>>
>>>> * guix/profiles.scm (fonts-dir-file): New procedure.
>>>> (%default-profile-hooks): Add it.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> A potential problem with this hook is that it pulls mkfontscale and
>>> mkfontdir regardless of whether they are needed; I can’t really think of
>>> a way to avoid it though.
>>
>> Yes, I also don't like it. We have the same problem with
>> 'info-file-dir' hook: it always pulls texinfo and gzip, but not all
>> profiles include info manuals.
>
> Yes, but I thought it was OK to make these mandatory dependencies.
>
> The closure of mkfontscale + mkfontdir is small; it’s slightly annoying
> for someone building from source because you have to build a few X11
> libraries, but it’s not that much either (‘guix graph’ shows just a few
> boxes.)
>
> So this hook is probably fine, after all.
>
> What do people think?
Since there were no objections in 2 weeks, I think it's OK to commit
this 'fonts-dir-file' hook, right?
--
Alex
- [PATCH 0/3] Generate "<profile>/share/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir" file, Alex Kost, 2016/07/01
- [PATCH 1/3] gnu: mkfontdir: Do not propagate 'mkfontscale'., Alex Kost, 2016/07/01
- [PATCH 2/3] profiles: Add fonts-dir-file hook., Alex Kost, 2016/07/01
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] profiles: Add fonts-dir-file hook., Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/02
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] profiles: Add fonts-dir-file hook., Alex Kost, 2016/07/02
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] profiles: Add fonts-dir-file hook., Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/05
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] profiles: Add fonts-dir-file hook., Alex Kost, 2016/07/06
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] profiles: Add fonts-dir-file hook.,
Alex Kost <=
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] profiles: Add fonts-dir-file hook., Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/24
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] profiles: Add fonts-dir-file hook., Alex Kost, 2016/07/25
[PATCH 3/3] doc: Describe how to make X server find TrueType fonts., Alex Kost, 2016/07/01