https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430157
Bug ID: 430157
Summary: KDE .desktop parser complains about files that have
Type= "Application" but no Exec line, although this
situation is normal.
Product: frameworks-kservice
Version: 5.76.0
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: fa...@kde.org
Reporter: lockyw...@gmail.com
CC: kdelibs-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Certain .desktop files describe applications that have no executable. An
example is qemu, which has a qemu-ARCH binaries, but no binary that can be run
from a GUI application. If you run any application that initialises KDE, such
as khelpcenter, in the console window you will see an error report:
kf.service.services: The desktop entry file
"/usr/share/applications/qemu.desktop" has Type= "Application" but no Exec line
kf.service.sycoca: Invalid Service : "/usr/share/applications/qemu.desktop"
This is a misleading report (according to qemu developers).
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Run a DE that is not involving KDE, such as twm.
2. run khelpcenter in a terminal
3. observer the aforementioned error message
OBSERVED RESULT
Error message
EXPECTED RESULT
No error message
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: not tested
macOS: not tested
Linux/KDE Plasma: 5.4.80, 5.76.0
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A bug has been reported at the qemu bug tracker, asking the developers to
correct their .desktop file, but they seem to be absolutely sure that this is
not a .desktop format error, but rather a kde .desktop parser bug.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1868221?comments=all
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