Bug#438339: bug-buddy complains about missing "gnome-desktop", but that doesn't exist

[Josselin Mouette]

Le jeudi 16 août 2007 à 12:25 +0100, Reuben Thomas a écrit :
> Package: bug-buddy
> Version: 2.18.1-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> bug-buddy runs for me when another application (yelp) crashes, but complains:
> 
> "Bug Buddy was unable to retrieve information regarding the version of
> GNOME you are running. This is most likely due to a missing
> installation of gnome-desktop."
> 
> bug-buddy then stops running. What is "gnome-desktop"? There seems to
> be no package of this name. Could bug-buddy Suggest or Depend on
> whatever is needed? Also, why does it stop running? I'd be happy to
> tell it the version of the program that crashed!

The missing file is located in the "gnome-about" package. Yes, this is
silly.

Looks like we need to move this file to gnome-desktop-data and make
bug-buddy depend on it.

Cheers,
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