Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: lintian > Version: 1.23.42 > Severity: normal > > One of my packages produces this lintian warning: > > W: heroes source: desktop-file-but-no-dh_desktop-call > N: > N: It looks like your package includes a .desktop file and you use > N: debhelper to build it, but you don't call dh_desktop in your rules > N: file. > > But according to dh_desktop(1), this is only needed or useful for > files that contain a Mime-Type entry. Should lintian really be telling > me to run no-ops?
Yes, I believe so. As I understand it, the intention is future-proofing: right *now*, the only thing update-desktop-database does is update MIME databases, and hence dh_desktop does nothing if there is no MimeType field, but this may not always be the case. With a dh_desktop call, any future needs can be handled with a binNMU against the latest debhelper should something additional be needed. It's possibly mind-reading on my part, but I think that's what the "currently be ignored" part is intended to get at. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
