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Bug 790078 - build: Install appstream metadata to non-deprecated location
build: Install appstream metadata to non-deprecated location
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: eog
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: EOG Maintainers
EOG Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-11-08 17:45 UTC by Jeremy Bicha
Modified: 2017-11-08 21:11 UTC
See Also:
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Attachments
build: Install appstream metadata to non-deprecated location (828 bytes, patch)
2017-11-08 17:45 UTC, Jeremy Bicha 		none Details | Review

Description Jeremy Bicha 2017-11-08 17:45:39 UTC 
/usr/share/metainfo/ has been the preferred location for appstream metadata since appstream 0.9.4 a year and a half ago

https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html#spec-component-location
Comment 1 Jeremy Bicha 2017-11-08 17:45:42 UTC 
Created attachment 363240 [details] [review]
build: Install appstream metadata to non-deprecated location
Comment 2 Felix Riemann 2017-11-08 21:11:00 UTC 
Thanks!

commit e6e4e561fda23ef9380b6b7f1a19afd819502443
Author: Jeremy Bicha <>
Date:   Wed Nov 8 12:45:14 2017 -0500

    build: Install appstream metadata to non-deprecated location
    
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790078
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This problem has been fixed in the unstable development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. You may need to upgrade your Linux distribution to obtain that newer version.