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

From Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject Bug#1125474: xpdf: Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit()
Date 2026-01-14 13:20 +0100
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Package: xpdf
Version: 3.04+git20250304-1+b1
Severity: normal

With fontconfig 2.17.1-3, I now get the following warning when
running xpdf (even without any argument):

Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit()

Other PDF viewers (atril, qpdfview, zathura) do not have such an issue.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'proposed-updates-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.18.3+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages xpdf depends on:
ii  libc6          2.42-7
ii  libgcc-s1      15.2.0-12
ii  libpaper2      2.2.5-0.3+b3
ii  libpoppler147  25.03.0-11.1+b1
ii  libstdc++6     15.2.0-12
ii  libx11-6       2:1.8.12-1
ii  libxm4         2.3.8-5
ii  libxt6t64      1:1.2.1-1.3

Versions of packages xpdf recommends:
ii  cups-bsd          2.4.16-1
ii  fonts-urw-base35  20200910-8
ii  poppler-data      0.4.12-1
ii  poppler-utils     25.03.0-11.1+b1
ii  sensible-utils    0.0.26

xpdf suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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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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