bug#59347: 29.0.50; `:family` face setting ignored

[Po Lu]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Package: Emacs
> Version: 29.0.50
>
>
> When I do:
>
>     src/emacs -Q --eval \
>         '(progn
>            (custom-set-faces `(variable-pitch
>                                ((t (:family "DejaVu Sans")))))
>            (add-to-list `default-frame-alist
>                         `(font . 
> "-misc-fixed-*-r-semicondensed-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"))
>            (font-lock-mode -1)
>            (insert (propertize "hello" `face `variable-pitch)))'
>
> I get "hello" shown in the same font as with the default face
> (i.e. "misc-fixed") instead using DejaVu Sans.
>
>
>         Stefan
>
>
>  In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, cairo
>  version 1.16.0, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2022-11-05 built on pastel
> Repository revision: 452771086a1638bd11bae3633a3c10d51c83d9f8

What happens if you revert xsettings.c to the state it was on the 1st of
October?