[MacPorts] #52088: fc-list unacceptably slow in fontconfig 2.12.1

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#52088: fc-list unacceptably slow in fontconfig 2.12.1
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 Reporter:  giles@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
Component:  ports    |    Version:  2.3.4
 Keywords:           |       Port:  fontconfig
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 SUMMARY
 fc-list takes 30 seconds on 2.12.1, almost instantaneous on 2.12.0.
 Causes font look ups when launching terminal etc to slow down to an
 unusable level.

 REPRODUCE
 Run

 time fc-list Inconsolata with 2.12.1 installed:

 /Users/grc/.fonts/Inconsolata.otf: Inconsolata:style=Medium
 fc-list Inconsolata  30.74s user 0.71s system 98% cpu 31.805 total

 Identical command with 2.12.0 installed:

 /Users/grc/.fonts/Inconsolata.otf: Inconsolata:style=Medium
 fc-list Inconsolata  0.01s user 0.01s system 65% cpu 0.020 total

 Similar results for other fonts, or non-existent fonts.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52088>
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