Bug#372581: libgnomevfs2-common [libvfolder-desktop]: keywords in comment break *.desktop parser

Nikolaus Schulz microschulz at web.de
Mon Jul 3 21:06:49 UTC 2006


Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > Package: libgnomevfs2-common
> > Version: 2.8.4-4
> > Severity: normal
> > Tags: patch
> > 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > This is probably sarge-only, see below.  If you take a *.desktop file
> > and put the 'Categories' keyword into a comment *before* the real
> > 'Categories' keyword, this program disappears from the GNOME menu.
> > Here's a little shell script demonstrating the problem.
> 
> Sorry for the late reply. 

No problem. 

> Anyway, I'm pretty sure that such a fix will never be accepted for the
> sarge updates, sorry.

*sigh*  Well, actually I happened to have it tracked down and fixed
already as I realized that the entire code has been replaced in Gnome
2.10. :-/  

Yes, as it stands now, the patch is probably of little use.  Feel free
to close the bug.

Nikolaus





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