"update-desktop-database" seems to not work anymore.

[Claude Sylvain]

Cesar Strauss wrote:

 >
 > Claude Sylvain wrote:
 >
 >> - Just to report that "update-desktop-database" seems to not work
 >>   correctly on Cygwin 1.7.1.
 >
 > update-desktop-database.exe seems to be affected by a bug in Cygwin's
 > libtool.
 >
 > See:
 > Libtool: Generated manifests need execute permission
 > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin/110870
 >
 > When compiling update-desktop-database.exe, libtool first creates a
 > wrapper executable with the same name, for internal purposes. To defeat
 > UAC, it also creates a manifest file. Unfortunately, it fails to set the
 > execute bit, so the wrapper is non-functional. As a result, the libtool
 > wrapper ends up being installed and packaged, instead of the real program.
 >
 > For a detailed description and test case, see the post referenced above.
 >
 >>     - This problem make installation to fail when doing "make install"
 >>       on some projects; like "geda-gaf" project.
 >
 > Coincidentally, it was the very project that lead me to investigate the
 > issue.
 >
 >>     - The workaround I used to get rid of that problem is to replace the
 >>       call to "update-desktop-database" by something like "ls" in the
 >>       "Makefile" created by the autotools.
 >
 > Just use ./configure --disable-update-xdg-database
 >


Thank you for your advice.  Your workaround is far much better than mine.

Claude.


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