[Bug 205696] New: *.desktop files from symlinked directories are displayed but unusable

[Andreas Beckermann]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205696

           Summary: *.desktop files from symlinked directories are
                    displayed but unusable
           Product: unknown
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Debian testing
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: b_mann at gmx.de


Version:            (using KDE 4.3.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

I have a couple of *.desktop files in ~/.local/share/applications/ that are
supposed to show up in the k-menu.

Usually this works, but it fails terribly when the files are in a subdirectory
that is symlinked into ~/.local/share/applications.
In that case kbuildsycoca4 picks up all files correctly and displays them in
the k-menu in the correct submenus. However when clicking on one of the menu
entries *nothing* happens. Not even an error message.


Example:
Create a directory ~/games/ and add a .desktop file ~/games/foo.sh that starts
a program.
Now go to ~/.local/share/applications/ and do a ln -s ~/games
 -> after starting kbuildsyscoca4 manually, the foo.sh entry is in the menu.
clicking it has no effect at all. not even an error message!


These may actually be two problems:
(1) symlinked directories are traversed, but entries are entirely useless and
(2) if launching the application failes, no error message or feedback of any
kind is given to the user.

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