Bug#862042: xterm: if the faceName resource is defined, the -fn (-font) option is ignored

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>]

Package: xterm
Version: 327-2
Severity: minor

If I define the faceName resource, e.g. with

XTerm*faceName: Monospace

in the .Xresources file (read by xrdb), then the -fn (-font) option
is ignored. For instance,

  xterm -fn 7x13

has no effect. Options normally override the default resources, but
this is not the case here. And the observed behavior is not documented.

As a workaround, one can do:

  xterm -fa '' -fn 7x13

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64
 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii  libc6           2.24-10
ii  libfontconfig1  2.11.0-6.7+b1
ii  libice6         2:1.0.9-2
ii  libtinfo5       6.0+20161126-1
ii  libutempter0    1.1.6-3
ii  libx11-6        2:1.6.4-3
ii  libxaw7         2:1.0.13-1+b2
ii  libxft2         2.3.2-1+b2
ii  libxinerama1    2:1.1.3-1+b3
ii  libxmu6         2:1.1.2-2
ii  libxpm4         1:3.5.12-1
ii  libxt6          1:1.1.5-1
ii  xbitmaps        1.1.1-2

Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii  x11-utils  7.7+3+b1

Versions of packages xterm suggests:
pn  xfonts-cyrillic  <none>

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