this will warn if package installs xml files to /usr/share/appdata this location is deprecated, files should be installed to /usr/share/metainfo
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html Signed-off-by: Georgy Yakovlev <gyakov...@gentoo.org> --- metadata/install-qa-check.d/60appdata-path | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 metadata/install-qa-check.d/60appdata-path diff --git a/metadata/install-qa-check.d/60appdata-path b/metadata/install-qa-check.d/60appdata-path new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c4878949b0e --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/install-qa-check.d/60appdata-path @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +# Copyright 2020 Gentoo Authors +# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 + +# QA check: ensure that metadata files are installed in /usr/share/metainfo +# Maintainer: Georgy Yakovlev <gyakov...@gentoo.org> + +appdata_path_check() { + [[ -d ${ED%/}/usr/share/appdata ]] || return + + local found=() f + while read -d '' -r f; do + found+=( "${f%/*}" ) + done < <(find "${ED%/}/usr/share/appdata" -name '*.xml' -print0 || die) + + if [[ ${found[@]} ]]; then + eqawarn + eqawarn "This package seems to install metainfo files into the following" + eqawarn "location(s):" + eqawarn + eqatag -v appdata.invalid-path "${found[@]#${D%/}}" + eqawarn + eqawarn "This location is deprecated, it should not be used anymore by new software" + eqawarn "Appdata/Metainfo files should be installed into /usr/share/metainfo directory" + eqawarn "For more details, please see the freedesktop Upstrem Metadate guidelines" + eqawarn "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html"; + eqawarn + fi +} + +appdata_path_check +: # guarantee successful exit + +# vim:ft=sh -- 2.25.0
