From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon May 06 07:35:09 2019 Received: (at 35594) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 May 2019 11:35:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55810 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hNbtl-0003Ry-3B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 07:35:09 -0400 Received: from sender-pp-092.zoho.com ([135.84.80.237]:25482) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hNbti-0003Rf-MY for 35594@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 07:35:07 -0400 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1557142486; cv=none; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; b=ZTA4VAMLJYIlyDhwFU2hRCPch9hHrNeKWRZqCOGi9HShqYjlgPn55yea0Foyo/z5UyVeAiZpQtmFXseBAi5rw9p1gf1iexEok5xFXxlFDiIMpdDDDFTyZTiyH4ZOgkA/TVPfXXMCgshi46zo8xeA8uVFLu7ZzFtGTk2aB4VItMw= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; t=1557142486; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:From:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Message-ID:References:Subject:To:ARC-Authentication-Results; bh=D8YZMRZ1Rkijw2PyRyurcp/W+4dgSZoUM2RiggVcwFU=; b=UN+IKUMfFohiYF5g55Z97RRh9s/zseT8KnMeAhUrlD0KYZCL1M0tE6mvAwKsX9Hm8zH+CmALr2mP3wSfdDHpQuA67JmM5SnkyEhw30lASpg0W5QFZj3PqlKf6a8JHqHIA6ZNxt7Dhljae1rUw17MHB2JP2VhMFQ/kMot1cC1wmM= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zoho.com; dkim=pass header.i=zoho.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=sirgazil@zoho.com; dmarc=pass header.from= header.from= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=zapps768; d=zoho.com; h=date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject:mime-version:content-type:user-agent; b=CcPvDknptYVY6mjJ9s+YqVNH3AtZgt3luwlTWww7YMXW+r/vqkx3eTV7qfYi5sL2cSdzAieu3yJn yABrZfe4ohL7izjD+uwmqPblkTN7xaZWoyaSg/eMXlfpwUMGch0L DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1557142486; s=default; d=zoho.com; i=sirgazil@zoho.com; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; l=1647; bh=D8YZMRZ1Rkijw2PyRyurcp/W+4dgSZoUM2RiggVcwFU=; b=fLwMOSDdkzzzosxtnGNN7sl2IYwzad8wAOyd2991muLfqY13IFhRRrHc4exJqJkx +XPzqSA9FdNDpwTPOdqcvrFVGSisa+fDir3evX7g5akCKkcPNsYF9P1d48nAJsmEFBI FX4CFPJrIhOVZFePJirildUeqDKbmUR4VWz8hNTA= Received: from mail.zoho.com by mx.zohomail.com with SMTP id 1557142480078890.2440313889506; Mon, 6 May 2019 04:34:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [181.130.25.222] by mail.zoho.com with HTTP;Mon, 6 May 2019 04:34:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 06:34:40 -0500 From: sirgazil To: "Mark H Weaver" Message-ID: <16a8ceca4cb.feaa0c4945447.2719212968817627071@zoho.com> In-Reply-To: <87pnowqq3h.fsf@netris.org> References: <16a8a4b4c07.ad1f7a9a40480.985002149086753257@zoho.com> <87pnowqq3h.fsf@netris.org> Subject: Re: bug#35594: GNOME: Application icons are not displayed immediately after installation MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: Medium User-Agent: Zoho Mail X-Mailer: Zoho Mail X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 35594 Cc: 35594 <35594@debbugs.gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) ---- On Sun, 05 May 2019 21:21:59 -0500 Mark H Weaver wrote ---- > Hi, > > sirgazil writes: > > > I installed the GNU system in a real machine using Guix 1.0 ISO > > installer > > (https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.0.0.x86_64-linux.iso.xz). > > > > Whenever I install a desktop application, the application icon does > > not show up immediately in the list of available applications. I have > > to log out and log in again to be able to see it. > > Indeed, this has always been the case on Guix, and I agree it would be > good to fix it. FWIW, another way to refresh the list of available > applications from GNOME Shell is to type: Alt-F2, and then enter the > single letter "r" as the command. That should restart GNOME Shell > without affecting your other applications. (Unfortunately for me, this > only works under Xorg, not Wayland.) > > A related issue is that if you upgrade a program in Guix, and then > launch it using GNOME Shell, it will launch the old one. That's because > our installed desktop files are specifically rewritten to launch the > program via an absolute path name /gnu/store/xxxxx/bin/* instead of > simply looking in PATH, and GNOME Shell continues to use the old desktop > files until it's restarted. This was implemented back in 2016, here: > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=d31860b9de07810e114490db5cc160a8b078c58d > > I remember thinking it was a bad idea at the time, but I didn't have > enough energy to speak up about it. I see... Thanks for the information, Mark.