Bug#1121781: gnome-2048 FTBFS with the nocheck profile: ../meson.build:45:6: ERROR: Program 'update-desktop-database' not found or not executable

[Santiago Vila]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 05:45:57PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:

> I suspect that desktop-file-utils should not be annotated <!nocheck>.

Hello Helmut. Do not suspect! Just check it :-)

Inspired by debbisect, I wrote this tiny script to check nocheck
annotations:

https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/check-nocheck/

For this package, this is the output in the logfile:

==== Checking annotations for package gnome-2048 ====
Trying with all build-dependencies
Build worked
Trying without appstream
Build worked, it is ok to keep appstream <!nocheck>
Trying without desktop-file-utils
Build did NOT work, desktop-file-utils should not have <!nocheck>
==== build-dependencies that should drop their <!nocheck> annotation ====
desktop-file-utils

[ This package (gnome-2048) had only two <!nocheck> annotations,
  and it was easy, but for more complex packages the script may save
  some time ].

Thanks.