Re: Menus not updating
On 26-May-2002 Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 07:41:08PM +0100, Martin Rowe wrote:
>
>> I've recently installed Debian sid on my kids' box and it's running fine,
>> except that the menus (in Blackbox) don't get updated after an apt-get
>> install or dist-upgrade. A manual update-menus does the trick, but I'm
>> wondering what is missing for it not to happen automagically. It runs
>> fine on the other sid boxes I run.
>
> Some package maintainers have not been adding entries for the menu
> package to deal with like they used to. Even more frustratingly, some
> maintainers will claim they added entries, but when you grab the version
> the maintainer claims they're in, they aren't there! (As happened with
> my bug report for the tin package which I should reopen)
>
> I consider this a grave bug for newbies making the transition.
>
any package not supporting menu when it should (ie. almost any X app) is
violating policy.
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