Bug 768616 - Invalid Category in desktop file
Summary: Invalid Category in desktop file
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: merkaartor
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Sven Lankes
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-12-17 11:36 UTC by Andrea Musuruane
Modified: 2012-06-04 20:44 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-06-04 20:44:43 UTC
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Description Andrea Musuruane 2011-12-17 11:36:44 UTC 
Description of problem:
The desktop file installed by merkaartor is not valid. The category "Geography" requires to be present among the "Education" category:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
All

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type using a terminal:
$ desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/merkaartor.desktop

Actual results:
/usr/share/applications/merkaartor.desktop: error: (will be fatal in the future): value "Geography" in key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" requires another category to be present among the following categories: Education

Expected results:
No error should be reported.
Comment 1 Sven Lankes 2012-06-04 20:44:43 UTC 
Thanks for the report. This is fixed in the following rawhide-build:

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=321998

The fix will enter the stable repos with the next minor version update.
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