[cups.bugs] [LOW] STR #3379: SetEnv GS_LIB does not work because CUPS sets this variable on its own

[Helge Blischke]

Alexander Leidinger wrote:

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> It does not look like it is a problem in pstoraster. My pstoraster has
> this:
> # Set the library/font path...
> GS_LIB="/usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts:
${CUPS_FONTPATH:=/usr/local/share/cups/fonts}"
Try to replace the "=" by '-' in the above line. Then - if I'm right - 
your could set CUPS_FONTPATH to whatever you want without being
overwritten.
> export GS_LIB
> 
> According to this GS_LIB should be set to
> /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts:usr/local/share/cups/fonts, but in the
> call to gsc it is set as "GS_LIB=/usr/local/share/cups/fonts
> ", additionally I see "CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/local/share/cups/fonts". This
> means it is not in pstoraster.
> 
> Additionally I set CUPS_FONTPATH in cupsd.conf to something else now that
> I've seen the code in pstoraster, but I do not see this change when gsc is
> called (yes, cupsd is restarted). So even if some kind of problem
> regarding GS_LIB is within ghostscript, I would expect that cups passes my
> CUPS_FONTPATH so that I can have my own fonts...
> 
> The only places where I see GS_LIB modified in cups/filter/* is
> pstoraster, pstopxl and foomatic-rip (4.0.1). All those are OK regarding
> honoring CUPS_FONTPATH (for foomatic-rip it is in spooler.c and it is
> concatenating CUPS_FONTPATH with GS_LIB).
> 
> Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3379
> Version: 1.3.11
> Fix Version: Third-party

Helge