[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53348] build: configure --with-system-freefont=DIR to use system fonts instead of installing our copy

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53348>

                 Summary: build: configure --with-system-freefont=DIR to use
system fonts instead of installing our copy
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Wed 14 Mar 2018 11:47:49 PM PDT
                Category: Configuration and Build System
                Severity: 2 - Minor
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: mtmiller
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

I had this in the back of my mind months ago when we were working on bug
#52150.

If the user builds Octave with --with-system-freefont=/usr/share/fonts/x/y/z,
then that path should get encoded into liboctinterp when Octave falls back to
using the FreeSans fonts. Also the 'make install' rules should not install our
duplicate copy of the FreeSans font files if this option is present.

The default will remain the way it is now, with Octave installing and using
its own private copy of the FreeSans fonts.




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