desktop-file-utils 0.15_0 cannot be activated

[stephan@…]

On an intel iMac using 10.5.2 I have seen this error:

--->  Activating desktop-file-utils 0.15_0
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: shell command "/opt/local/bin/update-desktop-database /opt/local/share/applications" returned error 1
Command output: No directories in update-desktop-database search path could be processed and updated.

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

However, if I try to install it again, it appears to be just fine:

Macintosh:~ stephan$ sudo port install desktop-file-utils
Skipping org.macports.activate (desktop-file-utils ) since this port is already active
--->  Cleaning desktop-file-utils

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Cc gui_dos since it looks like the addition in r34015 is the cause.

[grahamperrin@…]

For reference

admin% ls /opt/local/share/applications
ls: /opt/local/share/applications: No such file or directory

admin% /opt/local/bin/update-desktop-database --help
Usage:
  update-desktop-database [OPTION...] [DIRECTORY...] 

Help Options:
  -?, --help            Show help options

Application Options:
  -v, --verbose         Display more information about processing and updating progress
  -q, --quiet           Don't display any information about about processing and updating progress

port info desktop-file-utils
desktop-file-utils 0.15, gnome/desktop-file-utils (Variants: universal)
http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/desktop-file-utils

Command line utilities for working with desktop entries.

Library Dependencies: glib2, popt
Platforms: darwin
Maintainers: nomaintainer@macports.org

​http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils

[gui-dos (Guido Soranzio)]

Fixed in r35289

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Milestone Port Bugs deleted