Public bug reported: I saw lots of errors during application startups:
``` Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/40-generic.conf", line 27: Having multiple <family> in <alias> isn't supported and may not work as expected .. Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/40-generic.conf", line 50: Having multiple <family> in <alias> isn't supported and may not work as expected .. Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/40-generic.conf", line 66: Having multiple <family> in <alias> isn't supported and may not work as expected .. ``` So I went Googling and found this forum from 2015: https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,18006.0/ Which links to this page: http://www.cromwell-intl.com/linux/font-config-warnings.html Which is now at: https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/font-config-warnings.html It proposes a fix. Of course you *may* apply it. But I went looking further, if I could report this to the original fontconfig source. And there I found for fontconfig 2.4.92 (6 November 2007): https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/blob/main/NEWS#L2129 "Split 40-generic.conf into 40-nonlatin.conf and 45-latin.conf" == What to do: == So maybe just remove 40-generic.conf from the package, and keep using 40-nonlatin.conf and 45-latin.conf Just saying, but there's two more errors that I'm seeing. Maybe they have a similar simple solution. ``` Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/29-language-selector-ja-jp.conf", line 55: Having multiple values in <test> isn't supported and may not work as expected Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/29-language-selector-zh.conf", line 8: Having multiple values in <test> isn't supported and may not work as expected ``` ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: fontconfig-config 2.13.1-4.2ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2-generic 6.5.13 Uname: Linux 6.5.0-41-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown Date: Tue Jul 23 13:46:54 2024 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: fontconfig UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2023-07-23 (366 days ago) mtime.conffile..etc.fonts.conf.avail.40-generic.conf: 2024-07-23T13:35:56 ** Affects: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2073876 Title: fontconfig-config's 40-generic.conf is a legacy file since 2007 (please update) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontconfig/+bug/2073876/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
