On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 11:18:12AM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2018/01/25 04:07, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:10:55PM +0100, Rafael Sadowski wrote:
> > > On Tue Jan 23, 2018 at 12:43:36AM +0100, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> > > > +
> > > >  # libarchive (bsdtar) used as an alternative to atool; see scope.sh 
> > > > patch
> > > >  RUN_DEPENDS =  archivers/libarchive \
> > > > -               textproc/py-chardet
> > > > +               devel/desktop-file-utils \
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > > +@exec %D/bin/update-desktop-database
> > > > +@unexec-delete %D/bin/update-desktop-database
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Please don't pull that in for a console file manager.
> > Those came in for completeness (portcheck also complains without them)
> > but I can see why one would rather ignore it.
> 
> I wonder if we should come up with a better policy for console apps with
> desktop files, as obviously it's useful to update the database if you
> *do* have a desktop environment.
> 
> Any thoughts on using "@exec %D/bin/update-desktop-database || true" (etc)
> and not listing the desktop-file-utils dep *only* for console apps?
> 
> What do you think Antoine?

Not a fan honestly. I'd rather keep things simple and just remove the desktop
files in such case. That said if we could find a "clever" solution, I'd be all
for it. But I don't like having to handle exceptions.

-- 
Antoine

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