Bug#1063525: d-spy FTBFS with nocheck profile: ../meson.build:187:6: ERROR: Program 'update-desktop-database' not found or not executable

[Helmut Grohne]

Source: d-spy
Version: 1.8.0-1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs trixie sid

d-spy fails to build from source when built with the nocheck build
profile. Since trixie such a failure is considered release-critical. A
build ends with:

| ../meson.build:187:6: ERROR: Program 'update-desktop-database' not found or not executable
| dh_auto_configure: error: cd obj-x86_64-linux-gnu && DEB_PYTHON_INSTALL_LAYOUT=deb LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 meson setup .. --wrap-mode=nodownload --buildtype=plain --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --libdir=lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -Dpython.bytecompile=-1 returned exit code 1
| make: *** [debian/rules:8: binary] Error 25
| dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2

Helmut