upstart-app-launch-desktop hook fails when ~/.local/share/applications doesn't exist

[Loïc Minier]

Hi,

While debugging installation of click packages with new r/o images, I tried:
wget https://public.apps.ubuntu.com/download/com.ubuntu.developer.mhall119/xda-developers-app/com.ubuntu.developer.mhall119.xda-developers-app-0.1.4.click?noauth=1
click install --user=phablet com.ubuntu.developer.mhall119.xda-developers-app-0.1.4.click\?noauth\=1 --force-missing-framework

and that generated these warnings:
** (process:2009): WARNING **: Unable to read directory '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications': Error opening directory
              '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications': No such file or directory
** (process:2009): WARNING **: Unable to write out desktop file to
              '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/com.ubuntu.developer.mhall119.xda-developers-app_xda-developers_0.1.4.desktop': Failed to create file
              '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/com.ubuntu.developer.mhall119.xda-developers-app_xda-developers_0.1.4.desktop.Z0H21W': No such file or directory

and indeed .desktop files were missing.

I think the desktophook doesn't create the .local dirs when needed

Cheers,

[Loïc Minier (lool)]

This might be due to a broken/old manifest; need to verify this

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

These error messages appear to come from upstart-app-launch's hook, not from click itself. "click desktophook" doesn't have this bug.

[Loïc Minier (lool)]

I've just confirmed I could reproduce this with:
click hook remove upstart-app-launch-desktop
rm .local/share/applications/ -rf
click hook install upstart-app-launch-desktop

I get tons of:
** (process:2410): WARNING **: Unable to read directory '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications': Error opening directory '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications': No such file or directory

** (process:2410): WARNING **: Unable to write out desktop file to '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/com.ubuntu.stock-ticker-mobile_stock-ticker-mobile_0.3.7ubuntu1.desktop': Failed to create file '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/com.ubuntu.stock-ticker-mobile_stock-ticker-mobile_0.3.7ubuntu1.desktop.H1I51W': No such file or directory

** (process:2413): WARNING **: Unable to read directory '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications': Error opening directory '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications': No such file or directory

** (process:2413): WARNING **: Unable to write out desktop file to '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/com.ubuntu.stock-ticker-mobile_stock-ticker-mobile_0.3.7ubuntu1.desktop': Failed to create file '/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/com.ubuntu.stock-ticker-mobile_stock-ticker-mobile_0.3.7ubuntu1.desktop.FNVI2W': No such file or directory

but if I mkdir .local/share/applications/, I don't.

Cheers,

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package upstart-app-launch - 0.1+13.10.20130905-0ubuntu1

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upstart-app-launch (0.1+13.10.20130905-0ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low

  [ Ted Gould ]
  * Making sure to look for the application directory. (LP: #1215478)
  * Handle click errors by just not setting the value.

  [ Ubuntu daily release ]
  * Automatic snapshot from revision 48
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Thu, 05 Sep 2013 09:06:43 +0000