XDG.ECLASS
Section: eclass-manpages (5)Updated: Oct 2025
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NAME
xdg.eclass - Provides phases for XDG compliant packages.DESCRIPTION
Utility eclass to update the desktop, icon and shared mime info as laid out in the freedesktop specs & implementationsSUPPORTED EAPIS
7 8TRANSITIVELY PROVIDED ECLASSES
xdg-utilsFUNCTIONS
- xdg_pkg_preinst
 - Finds .desktop, icon and mime info files for later handling in pkg_postinst. Locations are stored in XDG_ECLASS_DESKTOPFILES, XDG_ECLASS_ICONFILES and XDG_ECLASS_MIMEINFOFILES respectively.
 - xdg_pkg_postinst
 - Handle desktop, icon and mime info database updates.
 - xdg_pkg_postrm
 - Handle desktop, icon and mime info database updates.
 
AUTHORS
Original author: Gilles Dartiguelongue <[email protected]>MAINTAINERS
[email protected]REPORTING BUGS
Please report bugs via https://bugs.gentoo.org/FILES
xdg.eclassSEE ALSO
ebuild(5)https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/log/eclass/xdg.eclass
Index
- NAME
 - DESCRIPTION
 - SUPPORTED EAPIS
 - TRANSITIVELY PROVIDED ECLASSES
 - FUNCTIONS
 - AUTHORS
 - MAINTAINERS
 - REPORTING BUGS
 - FILES
 - SEE ALSO
 
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