Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:12:24 +0100 Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <10habf6$15qla$1@dont-email.me> <10hbejb$n003$1@news1.tnib.de> <10mf9ra$3ku5p$4@dont-email.me> <10mfc8m$3lv19$1@dont-email.me> <10mfesv$iutd$1@news1.tnib.de> <10mhlji$fipt$1@dont-email.me> <10mj18p$109s6$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net LBD3WvZIOQ6idKgJQR46Zw55WPqPxjtxXMu3ImHjZUi8HTNp4i Cancel-Lock: sha1:/UqCvj2vJycJsYlf8RyWNmHoQsk= sha256:Ob/0C1oobfVkUYefECKXLcWpahDE8vuSf/ZsJiX0cAk= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: <10mj18p$109s6$5@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:81959 On 2026-02-11 23:53, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:06:16 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: > >>> Desktop icons referring to nonexistent programs remained in place >> >> So? :-) > > The thing with .desktop files (which is what those icons represent) is > that they can invoke arbitrary commands when selected. So they are not > just simple links to particular executables, that can be autoremoved > by a simple find-dangling-references search. > > Systemwide .desktop files can of course be removed as part of the > package which installed them. The same is not true of user-created > ones. But if they refer to nonexistent programs, they no longer work. They are just cosmetic noise. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.