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

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Hi Vincent,

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 01:13:50PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> 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()

We just found the relevant fontconfig bug at the same time - your
comment popped up there while I was reading it!
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/issues/472

It's not a bug in xpopple as we don't use fontconfig directly there;
it'll be indirect through Poppler and Motif. But I'm more inclined to
think of this as a regression in fontconfig, since it's never required
explicit FcInit/FcFini calls in the past, and they can't be added to
libraries because previous releases of fontconfig don't do reference
counting, so multiple calls to FcFini would cause breakage.

Thanks,

-- 
Adam Sampson <ats@offog.org>                         <http://offog.org/>

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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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