Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: alacarte
Steps to reproduce:
1. Run alacarte by choosing System ▸ Preferences ▸ Main Menu.
2. Choose Applications ▸ Accessories in the Menus list on the left.
3. Choose Calculator and press Properties to find out how to run it from the
command line.
4. Close the Launcher Properties window (you didn't mean to change anything).
5. Close alacarte.
Actual results
Examine the ~/.local/share/applications directory. Alacarte has just
created a gcalctool.desktop file there. It is a copy of
/usr/share/applications/gcalctool.desktop, the content is identical.
Expected behavior
Nothing should be created in ~/.local/share/applications unless the user
makes some actual changes to the desktop entry.
What's going to happen if after an upgrade the system-wide version of
gcalctool.desktop is updated? The user will likely have the old one
saved in her home directory! And she didn't choose to "hold" the desktop
entry or make it exempt from upgrades somehow. The user just wanted to
view it.
Workaround
After viewing an entry in alacarte, right-click it and choose Revert to
Original in the context menu. Close alacarte. It will delete the
corresponding .desktop file.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: alacarte 0.13.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 3 20:30:31 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alacarte
** Affects: alacarte (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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Alacarte creates extra copies of existing desktop entries when viewing them
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/613025
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