Revert "Merge branch 'core-updates'"

This reverts commit 455859a50f88f625d13fc2f304111f02369b366b.

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
index c3948900eb..593117ef36 100644
--- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@
 (define (default-skeletons)
   "Return the default skeleton files for /etc/skel.  These files are copied by
 'useradd' in the home directory of newly created user accounts."
+  (define fonts.conf-content
+    ;; SXML for ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf.  This works around the fact
+    ;; that Fontconfig currently does not such this directory by default,
+    ;; thereby ignoring fonts installed system-wide (FIXME).
+    `(fontconfig (dir "/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts")))
+
   (define copy-guile-wm
     (with-imported-modules '((guix build utils))
       #~(begin
@@ -176,6 +182,22 @@ source /etc/profile\n"))
         (xdefaults (plain-file "Xdefaults" "\
 XTerm*utf8: always
 XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true\n"))
+        (fonts.conf (computed-file
+                     "fonts.conf"
+                     (with-imported-modules '((guix build utils))
+                       #~(begin
+                           (use-modules (guix build utils)
+                                        (sxml simple))
+
+                           (define dir
+                             (string-append #$output
+                                            "/fontconfig"))
+
+                           (mkdir-p dir)
+                           (call-with-output-file (string-append dir
+                                                                 "/fonts.conf")
+                             (lambda (port)
+                               (sxml->xml '#$fonts.conf-content port)))))))
         (gdbinit   (plain-file "gdbinit" "\
 # Tell GDB where to look for separate debugging files.
 set debug-file-directory ~/.guix-profile/lib/debug\n")))
@@ -184,6 +206,7 @@ set debug-file-directory ~/.guix-profile/lib/debug\n")))
       (".zlogin" ,zlogin)
       (".Xdefaults" ,xdefaults)
       (".guile-wm" ,guile-wm)
+      (".config" ,fonts.conf)
       (".gdbinit" ,gdbinit))))
 
 (define (skeleton-directory skeletons)