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FS#76776 - [xscreensaver] update-desktop-database complains about xscreensaver-properties.desktop

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Yuri Kanivetsky (x-yuri) - Thursday, 08 December 2022, 04:51 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Friday, 09 December 2022, 05:14 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Steps to reproduce:

# update-desktop-database
Could not parse file "/usr/share/applications/xscreensaver-properties.desktop": Key file does not start with a group

https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/2895831a8d96e01c0b950a70bf45da91976f75c8/trunk/PKGBUILD#L50

Usually it's run with --quiet

https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/46daf5df7c62810c47d1a758922dd1305642c449/trunk/update-desktop-database.hook#L11

still...
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Friday, 09 December 2022, 05:14 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Friday, 09 December 2022, 05:13 GMT
Cannot repro.

> Could not parse file "/usr/share/applications/xscreensaver-properties.desktop"

We don't ship that file. The file we ship is:

/usr/share/applications/xscreensaver-settings.desktop

See here [1]

[1] https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/commit/7a137621a91a470d2a8f326dea60228afe835cc5

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