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Add note in man-page that XListFontsWithInfo is not thread-safe.

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_XReply drops the Display lock, so the value of dpy->request may change
before _XReply is called again.

I discovered this by inspection a year or two ago. I'm pretty confident
in the claim, and nobody has come up with an argument for why it's safe
despite appearances.
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@ -253,6 +253,12 @@ is passed, the structure is freed,
but the font is not closed; use
.ZN XUnloadFont
to close the font.
.LP
Note that
.ZN XListFontsWithInfo
is not thread-safe. If other threads make X requests on the same
.ZN Display ,
then this function's behavior is undefined.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
XLoadFont(3X11),
XSetFontPath(3X11)