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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Question re desktop-file-utils
From:       "Anthony E. Caudel" <tony.caudel () sbcglobal ! net>
Date:       2007-10-27 19:39:41
Message-ID: 472393FD.1080500 () sbcglobal ! net
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Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Friday 26 October 2007 22:19:23 Anthony E. Caudel wrote:
> 
> > On several emerges I see the message "
> > 
> > Install dev-util/desktop-file-utils, if you want to help to improve
> > Gentoo."
> > 
> > Can't really tell what this package does but how does it help Gentoo?
> > 
> 
> It validates .desktop files. If installed Gentoo uses this to print an elog 
> message for .desktop files that doesn't follow the specs. Obviously it only 
> helps Gentoo if you make sure it gets reported at bugs.gentoo.org whenever 
> you encounter messages about invalid .desktop entries in packages in the 
> tree...
> 
> 
Okay, a good thing.  Will install.

Tony

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