pena gq # update-desktop-database (update-desktop-database:27280): GLib-CRITICAL **: Invalid key name: Generic Name pena gq # emerge -pv glib These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] dev-libs/glib-2.12.7 USE="-debug -doc -hardened" 2,833 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 2,833 kB pena gq # qfile /usr/bin/update-desktop-database dev-util/desktop-file-utils (/usr/bin/update-desktop-database) pena gq # emerge -pv desktop-file-utils These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] dev-util/desktop-file-utils-0.11 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB Portage 2.1.2_rc4-r7 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r3 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.13.0_alpha10 Last Sync: Unknown distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4, 2.5-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r6 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.19 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/var/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache collision-protect cvs distlocks fixpackages java-strict parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms sign strict stricter userpriv usersandbox verify-rdepend" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo http://lame.lut.fi/linux/gentoo " LANG="en_US.utf8" LC_ALL="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="fi" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/home/pkg/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/mnt/checkouts/overlays/betelgeuse" SYNC="rsync://192.168.150.1:/portage" USE="a52 aac acl acpi alsa arts audiofile bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bzip2 cairo cdb cddb cdparanoia cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dlloader dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread emboss esd fam ffmpeg firefox gif gstreamer hal iconv isdnlog java jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility libg++ logitech-mouse mad mikmod mjpeg mmx mp3 mpeg ncurses network nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia offensive ogg opengl pam pcre png ppds pppd qt3 quicktime readline real reflection rtc samba session spell spl sse sse2 ssl subversion svg symlink theora threads truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb userlocales vim-syntax vorbis x86 xcb xcomposite xinerama xml xorg xv xvid xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="mouse keyboard evdev" KERNEL="linux" LINGUAS="fi" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="none nvidia" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
0.12 is out but it does not help here.
This comes from the fact that glib is now actually making sure the key names conform to the standard, reassigning to gnome@ due to this having nothing to do with desktop-file-utils, but with GKeyFile in glib
Now about the warning: It warns because "Generic Name" key name IS invalid, just as it says. The warning is perfectly correct and the desktop file that has "Generic Name" instead of "GenericName" should be fixed, as it is absolutely wrong with a space in the middle. grep -l 'Generic Name' /usr/share/applications/* will show what desktop files are wrong and desktop-file-validate will fail on it/them. I would file a bug against the packages that have this desktop file syntax error. Also note that glib is issuing a valid warning here, not an error.
Actually if this is stopping the desktop database to update with the valid desktop files, then I believe update-desktop-database should skip that desktop file and work with all the valid ones. Though I remember that glib should still work with that key name in case of a warning and it should succeed the update with the wrong desktop file included, that desktop file won't just work correctly. In the unlikely chance that the the update actually fails, please reopen.
