Arch Linux

Description:
Jenkins fails to start with exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.getVersion(FontConfiguration.java:1264)
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.readFontConfigFile(FontConfiguration.java:219)
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.init(FontConfiguration.java:107)
at sun.awt.X11FontManager.createFontConfiguration(X11FontManager.java:774)
at sun.font.SunFontManager$2.run(SunFontManager.java:431)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.font.SunFontManager.<init>(SunFontManager.java:376)
at sun.awt.FcFontManager.<init>(FcFontManager.java:35)
at sun.awt.X11FontManager.<init>(X11FontManager.java:57)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442)
at sun.font.FontManagerFactory$1.run(FontManagerFactory.java:83)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.font.FontManagerFactory.getInstance(FontManagerFactory.java:74)
at java.awt.Font.getFont2D(Font.java:491)
at java.awt.Font.getFamily(Font.java:1220)
at java.awt.Font.getFamily_NoClientCode(Font.java:1194)
at java.awt.Font.getFamily(Font.java:1186)
at java.awt.Font.toString(Font.java:1683)
at hudson.util.ChartUtil.<clinit>(ChartUtil.java:260)
at hudson.WebAppMain.contextInitialized(WebAppMain.java:248)

Googling led to the hint to install fonctconfig, which indeed helped. So I propose to add it at least as optional dependency of the package.

Additional info:
* package version(s) 2.269-1
* config and/or log files etc.
* link to upstream bug report, if any

Steps to reproduce: