Bug#1121781: gnome-2048 FTBFS with the nocheck profile: ../meson.build:45:6: ERROR: Program 'update-desktop-database' not found or not executable
On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 05:45:57PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > I suspect that desktop-file-utils should not be annotated . Hello Helmut. Do not suspect! Just check it :-) Inspired by debbisect, I wrote this tiny script to check nocheck annotations: https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/check-nocheck/ For this package, this is the output in the logfile: Checking annotations for package gnome-2048 Trying with all build-dependencies Build worked Trying without appstream Build worked, it is ok to keep appstream Trying without desktop-file-utils Build did NOT work, desktop-file-utils should not have build-dependencies that should drop their annotation desktop-file-utils [ This package (gnome-2048) had only two annotations, and it was easy, but for more complex packages the script may save some time ]. Thanks.
Bug#1121781: gnome-2048 FTBFS with the nocheck profile: ../meson.build:45:6: ERROR: Program 'update-desktop-database' not found or not executable
Source: gnome-2048 Version: 50~alpha-1 Severity: serious Tags: ftbfs gnome-2048 fails to build from source when enabling the nocheck build profile. A build ends with: | Got pkg-config variable glib_compile_schemas : /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas | Program /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas found: YES (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas) | Program gtk4-update-icon-cache found: YES (/usr/bin/gtk4-update-icon-cache) | Program update-desktop-database found: NO | | ../meson.build:45:6: ERROR: Program 'update-desktop-database' not found or not executable | dh_auto_configure: error: cd obj-x86_64-linux-gnu && DEB_PYTHON_INSTALL_LAYOUT=deb LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 meson setup .. --wrap-mode=nodownload --buildtype=plain --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --libdir=lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -Dpython.bytecompile=-1 --bindir=games returned exit code 1 | make[1]: *** [debian/rules:10: override_dh_auto_configure] Error 25 | make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/reproducible-path/gnome-2048-50~alpha' | make: *** [debian/rules:7: binary] Error 2 | dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2 I suspect that desktop-file-utils should not be annotated . Helmut
