Bug 31347

Summary:	xfce4-session should depend on xscreensaver or not provide xscreensaver.desktop
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	GG HH <boulshet>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal	CC:	boulshet, jani.valimaa, lewyssmith
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	xfce4-session-4.18.0-1.mga9.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description GG HH 2022-12-31 23:45:10 CET

Description of problem:
i get an error message from gnome-session-binary :
WARNING: Could not parse desktop file xscreensaver.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary

xfce4-session-4.18.0-1.mga9 is installed. I am running gnome on X11.

xfce provides xscreensaver.desktop which is used whence a session is started
$ rpm -q -f /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver.desktop
xfce4-session-4.18.0-1.mga9

screensaver.desktop expects to run xscreensaver 
$ grep ^Exec= /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver.desktop 
Exec=xscreensaver -no-splash

screensaver may not be installed.
 $ rpm -q -f /usr/bin/xscreensaver
xscreensaver-6.06-1.mga9.tainted

GG HH 2022-12-31 23:45:20 CET

CC: (none) => boulshet

Comment 1 Jani Välimaa 2023-01-01 08:52:20 CET

There is 'TryExec=xscreensaver' in the .desktop file so I think missing xscreensaver pkg isn't really a problem. Besides that the msg is only a warning, not an error.

According to freedesktop.org's Desktop Entry Specification:

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html

"TryExec

Path to an executable file on disk used to determine if the program is actually installed. If the path is not an absolute path, the file is looked up in the $PATH environment variable. If the file is not present or if it is not executable, the entry may be ignored (not be used in menus, for example)."

CC: (none) => jani.valimaa

Comment 2 GG HH 2023-01-01 10:25:29 CET

It is not veru clean but I agree that there is no real problem.
You may close if you prefer. I submitted it as minor anyway.
thanks

Comment 3 Lewis Smith 2023-01-01 21:05:10 CET

Accepting your invitation "close if you prefer". Thanks Jani for answering the affair so quickly. Basically, things are working within definitions, albeit untidily.

CC: (none) => lewyssmith
Resolution: (none) => INVALID
Status: NEW => RESOLVED