I had a corrupt .desktop file in /usr/share/applications, removing it and running update-desktop-database fixed the problem and I was able to finish installing the limbo packages. A developer has fixed the problem in desktop-file-utils and a patch is ready , per the forwarded message below, for the Debian package maintainer to apply.
Zach ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: gnome-desktop (bugzilla.gnome.org) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jan 20, 2008 2:34 PM Subject: [Bug 509526] update-desktop-database crashed on corrupt .desktop files To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions why you received this email, please see the text at the end of this email. Replies to this email are NOT read, please see the text at the end of this email. You can add comments to this bug at: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509526 gnome-desktop | general | Ver: 2.14.x Vincent Untz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Comment #1 from Vincent Untz 2008-01-20 19:34 UTC ------- Thanks, I've fixed this in desktop-file-utils. You can get a patch here for debian if you want: http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/menus/desktop-file-utils/src/update-desktop-database.c?r1=1.8&r2=1.9 (also, note that bugs of desktop-file-utils are tracked in freedesktop.org bugzilla) -- See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=email.html for more info about why you received this email, why you can't respond via email, how to stop receiving emails (or reduce the number you receive), and how to contact someone if you are having problems with the system. You can add comments to this bug at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509526. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
