Bug 764277 - Race condition when adding new applications
Race condition when adding new applications
Status: NEW
Product: gnome-menus
Classification: Core
Component: libgnome-menu
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Reported: 2016-03-28 09:34 UTC by Dmitry Shachnev
Modified: 2016-03-29 23:39 UTC (History)
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Description Dmitry Shachnev 2016-03-28 09:34:23 UTC 
When a new desktop file is created in gnome-menus search path, gnome-menus checks that a file in TryExec is available, and if it is, adds the desktop file to the menu structure.

However, there is a race condition here. The desktop file may be installed *before* the file referenced by TryExec (the order in which files in a package are unpacked is not determined). As a result of this, some applications will not show in the menu until the panel is restarted. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1518775 for an example.

One possible solution for this would be adding file watchers for files referenced by TryExec, and adding the applications when those files are created.
Comment 1 Alberts Muktupāvels 2016-03-29 23:39:07 UTC 
Same thing with Exec..
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