Description of problem: The package gtk-redshift should depend on the pyxdg package. Without the xdg library the tool cannot start. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.5-1.el6 of redshift and gtk-redshift How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: on a minimal system install gtk-redshift and redshift. make sure pyxdg is not installed. start gtk-redshift the following error is shown: Actual results: $ gtk-redshift Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/gtk-redshift", line 22, in <module> from gtk_redshift.statusicon import run File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gtk_redshift/statusicon.py", line 40, in <module> import utils File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gtk_redshift/utils.py", line 20, in <module> from xdg import BaseDirectory as base ImportError: No module named xdg Expected results: gtk-redshift starts without error Additional info: Install pyxdg now gtk-redshift can be started without error.
This was fixed in Fedora some time ago, see bug #675804 I never updated the EL6 package - IIRC I wasn't sure the version bump won't break configuration files back then, but it should be safe from 1.5 to 1.6. Will request a 1.6 build for EL6 soon.
redshift-1.6-3.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/redshift-1.6-3.el6
Package redshift-1.6-3.el6: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing redshift-1.6-3.el6' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-0662/redshift-1.6-3.el6 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
redshift-1.6-3.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.