Package: xfdesktop4 Version: 4.20.1-1 Tags: patch The xfce4 metapackage depends on desktop-base, which provides a bunch of theme-based update-alternatives, such as "desktop-background". But it doesn't seem to use this mechanism by default, instead falling back to /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-x.svg.
This makes it difficult to ship a customised, themed image. But also, it means that by default the Debian themes are not used, which I presume we want the Debian packaging to do by default? Steps to reproduce: I used the Trixie RC 2 netinst iso from https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ Select XFCE during installation Log in and observe the default wallpaper. Expected results: a Debian-themed wallpaper from desktop-base Actual results: the wallpaper is non-Debian-specific and seems to use /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-x.svg Further, I expect to be able to use update-alternatives to change the default wallpaper for new users, and that doesn't seem to work either. Here's a patch that fixes this for me: --- xfdesktop4-4.20.1/debian/rules 2025-03-03 01:34:50.000000000 +0000 +++ xfdesktop4-4.20.1/debian/rules 2025-07-29 13:48:35.000000000 +0100 @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ override_dh_auto_configure: dh_auto_configure -- --enable-thunarx \ - --docdir=\$${prefix}/share/doc/xfdesktop4-data + --docdir=\$${prefix}/share/doc/xfdesktop4-data \ + --with-default-backdrop-filename=/usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background override_dh_install: dh_install
