> What's going on here anyway? Why does a post-install target in > freedesktop/desktop-file-utils call update-desktop-database at all? > > This executable needs to be called every time there are new .desktop > files in $prefix/share/applications -- which is the case *after* you > installed one or more new packages. > > IMHO it does not make any sense calling this right after installing > desktop-file-utils, as there are no .desktop files yet. This needs to be > run after you finished building GARNOME.
Tracked this one down at 4am this morning :) In the < 2.11.9x days (before the big LIBDEPS reshuffle) -- desktop-file-utils was built from desktop/gnome-desktop Now, it's built from platform/gnome-vfs, which is built before even desktop/bug-buddy is built, so you're right ... there's a distinct lack of .desktop action going on, hence the error. Because we don't have a post-install command yet, the most likely place to put it (given it's still a useful command to execute) is somewhere about desktop/yelp. Failing that, getting people to add it to the garnome-session script is equally as good, or making it an FAQ question under the heading 'Help, my menus are empty' :) Regards, Paul -- garnome-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/garnome-list
