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Bug 696806 - Syntax errors in the desktop files
Syntax errors in the desktop files
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-03-28 18:59 UTC by Kalev Lember
Modified: 2013-04-16 09:20 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Attachments
Add missing semicolons to desktop files (5.35 KB, patch)
2013-03-28 18:59 UTC, Kalev Lember 		none Details | Review

Description Kalev Lember 2013-03-28 18:59:30 UTC 
desktop-file-validate complains:

gnome-background-panel.desktop: error: value "GNOME;GTK;Settings;DesktopSettings;X-GNOME-Settings-Panel;X-GNOME-PersonalSettings" for string list key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character
gnome-color-panel.desktop: error: value "GNOME;GTK;Settings;X-GNOME-Settings-Panel;HardwareSettings" for string list key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character
gnome-power-panel.desktop: error: value "GNOME;GTK;Settings;DesktopSettings;X-GNOME-Settings-Panel;HardwareSettings" for string list key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character
gnome-privacy-panel.desktop: error: value "GNOME;GTK;Settings;DesktopSettings;X-GNOME-Settings-Panel;X-GNOME-PersonalSettings" for string list key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character
gnome-region-panel.desktop: error: value "GNOME;GTK;Settings;DesktopSettings;X-GNOME-Settings-Panel;X-GNOME-PersonalSettings" for string list key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character
gnome-search-panel.desktop: error: value "GNOME;GTK;Settings;DesktopSettings;X-GNOME-Settings-Panel;X-GNOME-PersonalSettings" for string list key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character
gnome-user-accounts-panel.desktop: error: value "System;Settings;X-GNOME-Settings-Panel;X-GNOME-SystemSettings" for string list key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character
Comment 1 Kalev Lember 2013-03-28 18:59:48 UTC 
Created attachment 240079 [details] [review]
Add missing semicolons to desktop files

desktop-file-validate legitimately complained about these because the
'string list' in the desktop entry spec requires the terminating ;
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2013-04-16 09:20:50 UTC 
In the future, please split the patches into one per panel.

Pushed to gnome-3-8 and master.