ScriptletSnippets: desktop-database,mimeinfo
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu Feb 2 21:14:40 UTC 2006
Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> Is gtk icon cache only a cache (ie: things will run without, just
> slower?)
Yes.
> Do shared-mime-info and desktop-file-utils fall into the same category
> or does some functionality of programs fail to work if
> desktop-file-utils and shared-mime-info aren't run?
The latter.
> Your post makes me think that some Core GNOME applications (nautilus?
> gnome-panel? gnome-vfs?) make use of the data generated by
> desktop-file-utils and shared-mime-info but nothing else. Is that true
> or just a guess?
Gnome in general, yes. That's why I'm arguing it should be the GNOME
libs/core bits that should depend on these, not (all) individual apps.
> shared-mime-info seems to run itself on installation and update but
> desktop-file-utils does not. If desktop-file-utils is made optional for
> the scriptlets, the desktop-file-utils Core package should run itself on
> install.
I'm not arguing that running them should be optional, only that the
additional dependancies for them not be added/Required.
> (Hmm.. gtk2 doesn't run gtk-update-icon-cache on install... is
> this a packaging bug?
IMO, yes.
>Or perhaps this bug would resolve it:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170335
Yes too. (that's my bug).
-- Rex
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