Bug 460690

Summary:	Unclear error messages for .desktop files with repository openSuSE 11.1
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE.org	Reporter:	Kevin James <kjames>
Component:	BuildService	Assignee:	Adrian Schröter <adrian.schroeter>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	Adrian Schröter <adrian.schroeter>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	schaefer.frank
Version:	unspecified
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Description Kevin James 2008-12-19 12:40:45 UTC

I have a package that builds fine for repository openSuSE 11.0. When building the same package for repository openSuSE 11.1, I get the following errors

ERROR: No sufficient Category definition: /var/tmp/btnx-config-0.4.9-build//usr/share/applications/btnx-config.desktop
ERROR: translation is neither enabled nor disabled for this file: /var/tmp/btnx-config-0.4.9-build//usr/share/applications/btnx-config.desktop

I was told on the mailing list that this is because I should be using the macro %suse_update_desktop_file, and asked to file a bug to get this error message to be more meaningful.

Comment 1 Frank Schäfer 2009-01-02 14:45:22 UTC

I can confirm this. The error message is definitely wrong, because translation is enabled in my desktop-file (I also tried without any translations, but I get the same error).
Spec files works for openSUSE 11.0, Mandriva 2009, Fedora 10 and builds on my local 11.1-machine.
I already mailed Stephan Binner 2 weeks ago (as displayed in the error message) but didn't get a reply.
Hopefully, this bug is not a political decision...

Comment 2 Adrian Schröter 2009-08-10 11:37:18 UTC

I would need a real life example. But this is not my package (containing the check) either.