Merge 9.0 #1501

Job	Run time
build (gcc)	1m 39s
test (gcc)	4m 25s
build (gcc, CFLAGS=-DTK_NO_DEPRECATED=1)	1m 37s
test (gcc, --disable-xft)	4m 5s
build (gcc, --disable-shared)	1m 45s
test (gcc, --enable-symbols)	3m 31s
build (gcc, --disable-xft)	1m 38s
build (gcc, --disable-xss)	2m 1s
build (gcc, --enable-symbols)	1m 15s
build (clang)	1m 50s
build (clang, CFLAGS=-DTK_NO_DEPRECATED=1)	1m 49s
build (clang, --disable-shared)	1m 46s
build (clang, --disable-xft)	1m 50s
build (clang, --disable-xss)	1m 54s
build (clang, --enable-symbols)	1m 30s
	32m 35s

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