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Bug#1125474: xpdf: Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit()

From Graham Inggs <ginggs@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject Bug#1125474: xpdf: Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit()
Date 2026-01-15 11:20 +0100
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Hi Vincent

On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 at 02:10, Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> wrote:
> Summary: Before some use of Fontconfig, Motif needs to call FcInit().
> This has always been required, but without any consequence until now.

Do you have a reference for this? (that is has always been required)

> With libfontconfig1 2.17.1-3, which is now in unstable, one gets a
> warning on stderr.

You could file a bug against fontconfig 2.17.1-3 to prevent it from
migrating to testing for now.  Other packages might also be affected.

Regards
Graham

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Bug#1125474: xpdf: Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit() Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2026-01-14 13:20 +0100
  Bug#1125474: xpdf: Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit() Adam Sampson <ats@offog.org> - 2026-01-14 13:50 +0100
    Bug#1125474: xpdf: Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit() Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2026-01-14 14:20 +0100
      Bug#1125474: xpdf: Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit() Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2026-01-14 14:20 +0100
      Bug#1125474: xpdf: Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit() Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2026-01-15 04:10 +0100
        Bug#1125474: libxm4: missing call to FcInit() when using Fontconfig Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2026-01-15 11:00 +0100
        Bug#1125474: xpdf: Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit() Graham Inggs <ginggs@debian.org> - 2026-01-15 11:20 +0100
          Bug#1125474: xpdf: Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit() Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2026-01-15 11:50 +0100

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