612058 – games-emulation/dosbox - desktop file uses absolute icon path

Bug 612058 - games-emulation/dosbox - desktop file uses absolute icon path

Summary: games-emulation/dosbox - desktop file uses absolute icon path

Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Games

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Reported:	2017-03-08 14:59 UTC by Anders Blebstrup-Pedersen
Modified:	2018-09-09 19:01 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Anders Blebstrup-Pedersen 2017-03-08 14:59:44 UTC

Hi

I'm in the middle of going over my gentoo system unifying the entire system as much as possible.
I noticed that dosbox is using and absolute path for its .desktop
This means it breaks the consistency for users who wants to use icon packs on their gentoo system.

At this time the .desktop file is 

[Desktop Entry]
Name=DOSBox
Type=Application
Comment=DOS emulator
Exec=dosbox
TryExec=dosbox
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/dosbox.ico
Categories=Game;Emulator;

I suggest changing it to:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=DOSBox
Type=Application
Comment=DOS emulator
Exec=dosbox
TryExec=dosbox
Icon=dosbox
Categories=Game;Emulator;

if it does not break anything else.

Comment 1 James Le Cuirot gentoo-dev

2018-09-09 19:01:56 UTC

ICO files don't seem to work unless an absolute path is given, at least under Xfce. It's annoying that they don't provide another format.