what if a debian package is not an application package, which will not install desktop file to /usr/share/applications, it might also be necessary to filter those non-application package when updating cache.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lo?c Minier Sent: 2008年4月19日 17:24 To: ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Boot time +8sec with freedesktop.org changes On Fri, Apr 18, 2008, Spencer, Bob wrote: > Perhaps a light-weight daemon that uses inotify to listen for changes to > /usr/share/applications and then update the cache. That seems easier > than requiring changes to debian packages, but it would be running all > the time and new packages are installed less frequently. dpkg in Ubuntu and soon in Debian will allow to use triggers, so any package can register interest in a tree and changes to this tree; it will only be told that the tree changed (and not what changed), but that's enough for this use case. See deb-triggers(5). HTH -- Loïc Minier -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
