[Fontconfig-bugs] [Bug 106497] New: better error description when problem reading font configuration

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106497

            Bug ID: 106497
           Summary: better error description when problem reading font
                    configuration
           Product: fontconfig
           Version: 2.12
          Hardware: Other
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: medium
         Component: library
          Assignee: fontconfig-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: freedesktop.org at jrvdev.com
        QA Contact: freedesktop at behdad.org

Version is actually 2.13, from debian testing, but that is not an option

Several programs (in particular, thunar and fc-cache) that use the library
generated errors:
  "Fontconfig error: failed reading config file"

This was repeated five times. It turned out that some font install had put five
subdirectories under /etc/fonts/conf.available. That install had put its .conf
files in those subdirectories (as well as a misnamed .conf file in
/etc/fonts/conf.available). The primary failure was in that other install, of
course, but it would have been helpful if the error message from Fontconfig had
included more information. At the very least including the name of the .conf
file (including the full path if possible) would have helped give me a head
start in solving the problem.

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