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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Copyright (C) Akira Yokosawa, 2024
+#
+# Ported to Python by (c) Mauro Carvalho Chehab, 2025
+
+"""
+Detect problematic Noto CJK variable fonts
+==========================================
+
+For ``make pdfdocs``, reports of build errors of translations.pdf started
+arriving early 2024 [1]_ [2]_. It turned out that Fedora and openSUSE
+tumbleweed have started deploying variable-font [3]_ format of "Noto CJK"
+fonts [4]_ [5]_. For PDF, a LaTeX package named xeCJK is used for CJK
+(Chinese, Japanese, Korean) pages. xeCJK requires XeLaTeX/XeTeX, which
+does not (and likely never will) understand variable fonts for historical
+reasons.
+
+The build error happens even when both of variable- and non-variable-format
+fonts are found on the build system. To make matters worse, Fedora enlists
+variable "Noto CJK" fonts in the requirements of langpacks-ja, -ko, -zh_CN,
+-zh_TW, etc. Hence developers who have interest in CJK pages are more
+likely to encounter the build errors.
+
+This script is invoked from the error path of "make pdfdocs" and emits
+suggestions if variable-font files of "Noto CJK" fonts are in the list of
+fonts accessible from XeTeX.
+
+.. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/8734tqsrt7.fsf@meer.lwn.net/
+.. [2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/1708585803.600323099@f111.i.mail.ru/
+.. [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_font
+.. [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Noto_CJK_Variable_Fonts
+.. [5] https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1157217
+
+Workarounds for building translations.pdf
+-----------------------------------------
+
+* Denylist "variable font" Noto CJK fonts.
+
+ - Create $HOME/deny-vf/fontconfig/fonts.conf from template below, with
+ tweaks if necessary. Remove leading "".
+
+ - Path of fontconfig/fonts.conf can be overridden by setting an env
+ variable FONTS_CONF_DENY_VF.
+
+ * Template::
+
+ <?xml version="1.0"?>
+ <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "urn:fontconfig:fonts.dtd">
+ <fontconfig>
+ <!--
+ Ignore variable-font glob (not to break xetex)
+ -->
+ <selectfont>
+ <rejectfont>
+ <!--
+ for Fedora
+ -->
+ <glob>/usr/share/fonts/google-noto-*-cjk-vf-fonts</glob>
+ <!--
+ for openSUSE tumbleweed
+ -->
+ <glob>/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Noto*CJK*-VF.otf</glob>
+ </rejectfont>
+ </selectfont>
+ </fontconfig>
+
+ The denylisting is activated for "make pdfdocs".
+
+* For skipping CJK pages in PDF
+
+ - Uninstall texlive-xecjk.
+ Denylisting is not needed in this case.
+
+* For printing CJK pages in PDF
+
+ - Need non-variable "Noto CJK" fonts.
+
+ * Fedora
+
+ - google-noto-sans-cjk-fonts
+ - google-noto-serif-cjk-fonts
+
+ * openSUSE tumbleweed
+
+ - Non-variable "Noto CJK" fonts are not available as distro packages
+ as of April, 2024. Fetch a set of font files from upstream Noto
+ CJK Font released at:
+
+ https://github.com/notofonts/noto-cjk/tree/main/Sans#super-otc
+
+ and at:
+
+ https://github.com/notofonts/noto-cjk/tree/main/Serif#super-otc
+
+ then uncompress and deploy them.
+ - Remember to update fontconfig cache by running fc-cache.
+
+.. caution::
+ Uninstalling "variable font" packages can be dangerous.
+ They might be depended upon by other packages important for your work.
+ Denylisting should be less invasive, as it is effective only while
+ XeLaTeX runs in "make pdfdocs".
+"""
+
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import textwrap
+import sys
+
+class LatexFontChecker:
+ """
+ Detect problems with CJK variable fonts that affect PDF builds for
+ translations.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, deny_vf=None):
+ if not deny_vf:
+ deny_vf = os.environ.get('FONTS_CONF_DENY_VF', "~/deny-vf")
+
+ self.environ = os.environ.copy()
+ self.environ['XDG_CONFIG_HOME'] = os.path.expanduser(deny_vf)
+
+ self.re_cjk = re.compile(r"([^:]+):\s*Noto\s+(Sans|Sans Mono|Serif) CJK")
+
+ def description(self):
+ """
+ Returns module description.
+ """
+ return __doc__
+
+ def get_noto_cjk_vf_fonts(self):
+ """
+ Get Noto CJK fonts.
+ """
+
+ cjk_fonts = set()
+ cmd = ["fc-list", ":", "file", "family", "variable"]
+ try:
+ result = subprocess.run(cmd,stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+ stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+ universal_newlines=True,
+ env=self.environ,
+ check=True)
+
+ except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
+ sys.exit(f"Error running fc-list: {repr(exc)}")
+
+ for line in result.stdout.splitlines():
+ if 'variable=True' not in line:
+ continue
+
+ match = self.re_cjk.search(line)
+ if match:
+ cjk_fonts.add(match.group(1))
+
+ return sorted(cjk_fonts)
+
+ def check(self):
+ """
+ Check for problems with CJK fonts.
+ """
+
+ fonts = textwrap.indent("\n".join(self.get_noto_cjk_vf_fonts()), " ")
+ if not fonts:
+ return None
+
+ rel_file = os.path.relpath(__file__, os.getcwd())
+
+ msg = "=" * 77 + "\n"
+ msg += 'XeTeX is confused by "variable font" files listed below:\n'
+ msg += fonts + "\n"
+ msg += textwrap.dedent(f"""
+ For CJK pages in PDF, they need to be hidden from XeTeX by denylisting.
+ Or, CJK pages can be skipped by uninstalling texlive-xecjk.
+
+ For more info on denylisting, other options, and variable font, run:
+
+ tools/docs/check-variable-fonts.py -h
+ """)
+ msg += "=" * 77
+
+ return msg