[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 1465059] Re: /usr/share/applications/alien-arena.desktop missing since precise
Hans Joachim Desserud
1465059 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sun Jun 12 12:35:25 UTC 2016
This bug was resolved in alien-arena 7.66+dfsg-3 which has been synced to Ubuntu Yakkety (the current development release). The desktop file is now included again, see
http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/amd64/alien-arena/filelist. I've tested it and the icon displays as expected.
Unfortunately this fix did not make it in time to be part of Ubuntu 16.04. If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please perform as much as possible of the SRU Procedure [1] to bring the need to a developer's attention.
[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure
** Tags added: xenial
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
** Changed in: alien-arena (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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Title:
/usr/share/applications/alien-arena.desktop missing since precise
Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
Fix Released
Status in alien-arena package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in alien-arena package in Debian:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Package alien-arena version7.53+dfsg-1: amd64 i386 (precise), had the file:
/usr/share/applications/alien-arena.desktop
Version 7.66+dfsg-2: amd64 i386 of the package (trusty, utopic, vivid, wily) does not have the file above packcaged
As a consecuence, on the latter Alien Arena can only be started from the command line, not from the start menu.
I have experienced this but in lubuntu vivid 32bit, but I am sure this is the case in any other distro using this same package version.
My feeling is that alien-arena should be repackaged with the
/usr/share/applications/alien-arena.desktop file included.
I solved my problem downloading alien-arena package version 7.53+dfsg-1 (precise's)
http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/i386/alien-arena/download
I unpacked manually the file to an empty folder
and copied the missing file
:~$ sudo cp -iv Downloads/usr/share/applications/alien-arena.desktop /usr/share/applications/
No need to restart or refresh anything, the new start menu entry will be: games > Alien Arena.
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