Public bug reported: The new generator doesn't understand symlinks unfortunately, so Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear.
http://appstream.staging.ubuntu.com/zesty/main/issues/firefox.html laney@nightingale> ls /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Oct 25 15:34 /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png -> ../../lib/firefox/browser/icons/mozicon128.png To make them work, /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png should be a real file. It could either be a copy of the file, or /usr/lib/firefox/browser/icons/mozicon128.png could be a symlink. ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: FanJun Kong - ( BH1SCW ) (fjkong) Status: New ** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: FanJun Kong - ( BH1SCW ) (fjkong) Status: New ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => FanJun Kong - ( BH1SCW ) (fjkong) ** Also affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => FanJun Kong - ( BH1SCW ) (fjkong) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1639863 Title: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The new generator doesn't understand symlinks unfortunately, so Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear. http://appstream.staging.ubuntu.com/zesty/main/issues/firefox.html laney@nightingale> ls /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Oct 25 15:34 /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png -> ../../lib/firefox/browser/icons/mozicon128.png To make them work, /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png should be a real file. It could either be a copy of the file, or /usr/lib/firefox/browser/icons/mozicon128.png could be a symlink. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1639863/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
