Dear Maintainer,
I note this warning.
Thanks.

05.07.2023 10:25, antonio wrote:

Sure, thank you.
Not all warnings are equally useful.
If a program think this file is invalid, it does not mean it is actually invalid.
It is done this way on a purpose, and the shipped .desktop file -
without Exec line - is valid.

I suggest to raise this matter with kbuildsycoca5.

Thanks,

/mjt

But what *is* its purpose then?

10.11.2023 01:42, Thorsten Glaser :

The application icon. Without this .desktop file, there will be no
icon displayed for running qemus.

/mjt

Are you sure the file isn't malformed? The desktop entry specification[1]
says "The Exec key is required if DBusActivatable is not set to true". I'm
not seeing much wiggle room here. :P

[1]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/recognized-keys.html

24.10.2024 18:28, Michael Deegan wrote:

I don't care if it is malformed or not as long as it suits the purpose.

/mjt

24.10.2024 18:43, Michael Tokarev wrote:

Since there's no executable to use for the Exec key here, we have
2 alternatives:

1) ship .desktop file without Exec= -- to have an icon for various
   qemu-system-* processes started from command line, as it is done
   now

2) close this bug by removing the "malformed" .desktop file and do
    not have an icon for qemu-system-* processes

The .desktop file is used for two purposes: for a running application
to have an icon, and to run an application.  There's no icon displayed
by desktop environments without a desktop file.  Since qemu don't ship
an application to be run from a desktop file (and no dbus service
either), I can't fill this field.  But I need to specify which icon
to use.

I guess this issue should be redirected to freedesktop.org.

/mjt