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bug#12932: 24.2; Installing GNOME .desktop file to incorrect location
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
bug#12932: 24.2; Installing GNOME .desktop file to incorrect location |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:06:23 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
I guess we could add an explicit configure option for where the desktop
file will be installed ($desktopdir in current Makefile), and leave the
default as it is now. I doubt the option will see much use though.
But the freedesktop spec does mention (obliquely) /usr/local:
http://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-latest.html
Install Locations
If an application is intended to be installed by root on a system
wide basis then /usr/share is recommended to be used as value for
datadir and /etc/xdg is recommended to be used as value for
sysconfdir. In case the /usr/share hierarchy is not writable it is
recommended to use /usr/local/share as value for datadir instead.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So, again, it seems like a Gnome bug to me if it doesn't check in
/usr/local as well as /usr (I didn't check whether or not it actually does).
See also
http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
If $XDG_DATA_DIRS is either not set or empty, a value equal to
/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ should be used.
Maybe your XDG_DATA_DIRS is set wrongly?
Of course, this doesn't help people who install with --prefix != /usr/local