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unity-lens-applications package

desktop file with ":" in /usr/share/applications wont be read

Bug #876254 reported by Michael Vogt on 2011-10-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #916201: Dash ignores NoDisplay=true if desktop file name contains a colon. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
Unity	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned
unity-lens-applications	New	Medium	Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)	New	Medium	Unassigned
unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu)	New	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

I have a application (Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.desktop) in /usr/share/applications that contains a ":". If that is present, the launcher can not start the app nor can it display the description. To reproduce:
$ sudo mv /usr/share/applications/yelp.desktop /usr/share/application/yelp:nomore.desktop
and then open the dash and type yelp. You will no longer have a text under the icon or will be able to launch it.

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2011-10-17

Changed in unity:
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Revision history for this message

Omer Akram (om26er) wrote on 2011-12-07:

Thanks for the bug report MVO, it seems this bug is already reported so I marked it as a duplicate.

Changed in unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity-lens-applications:
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity:
status:	New → Confirmed