Version: 0.99.7-1 there was an alternate suggestion on debian-devel about solving this problem:
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: mass bug filing about packages manipulating/deleting shipped files Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:40:04 +0000 (UTC) Resent-From: debian-de...@lists.debian.org Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:39:37 +0200 From: Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org> To: debian-de...@lists.debian.org On 23.09.2012 19:21, Darren Salt wrote: > I demand that Andreas Beckmann may or may not have written... > > [snip] >> xine-ui_0.99.7-1 >> /var/lib/xine/xine.desktop > >> These seem to be some state/registry/... files that are updated during >> postinst. > > That and gxine.desktop (at least) are updated then because the list of > supported MIME types may vary depending on which xine-lib packages are > installed. > >> What should we do with these? Unfortunately I didn't find a policy >> reference that forbids this ... > > If you have better ideas concerning these, I'm listening... you could let the xine-lib packages install corresponding desktop files for the mime-types they support. okular (document viewer) has a similar problem. Depending on which features you enable during configure the list of supported mime types varies. The way okular solves this is to install separate desktop files [1]. If you enable support for format x, it installs a corresponding desktop file. A similar approach should work for xine-lib. HTH, Michael [1] # ls /usr/share/applicatins/kde4/okularApplication_* okularApplication_comicbook.desktop okularApplication_ghostview.desktop okularApplication_plucker.desktop okularApplication_dvi.desktop okularApplication_kimgio.desktop okularApplication_xps.desktop okularApplication_fax.desktop okularApplication_ooo.desktop okularApplication_fb.desktop okularApplication_pdf.desktop -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
