icon of a new entry is added without an extension

[Anatoliy]

When adding a new entry to the application menu via alacarte, it's specified icon is processed incorrectly. Namely, it's extension is ommited. For example, if the icon's name is "foo.png", then the program creates a desctop entry with Icon set to "foo" instead of "foo.png".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: alacarte 3.10.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 19 00:03:09 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-18 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alacarte
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[André (truebix)]

Yes I too have just encountered this. It was very frustrating to find the cause, and after hours of searching came across the missing ".png" extension.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Grzegorz Rajda (mellonedain)]

Application have general problem with icon association. If user select icon in file select window application not write it to file.
To resolve this problem user need to manual file edit.

[Sina Eetezadi (sina-eetezadi)]

Same issue using alacarte 3.10.0-1ubuntu2 from the Ubuntu 14.04 repos.

[David Monniaux (david-monniaux)]

Ubuntu 14.04, alacarte 3.10.0-1: After the menu entry has been added with alacarte, it is necessary to edit the .desktop file manually to reinsert the extension for the filename of the icon.

[Vincenzo (vinzodip)]

[SOLVED]
I have the same issue with alacarte 3.10.0-1ubuntu2 in Ubuntu 14.04.
I modified the alecarte source as explained in attachment file.

[Model Rockettier (modelrockettier)]

This has been fixed upstream in commit d31ce6b696cdae0e28aca49e0c8887b450114780, from release 3.11.91.

I've also attached the patch of the commit (which applies cleanly to the 3.10.0 code).

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "Patch of the upstream commit which fixed this issue" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The new version including the fix is in ubuntu
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alacarte/3.11.91-1