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broken .DirIcon is generated if .desktop file references icon not in the appdir root #126

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to reproduce

  1. create an AppDir the following.desktop file:
    app.desktop:
    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=test
    Exec=AppRun
    Icon=/usr/bin/icon
    Type=Application
    Categories=Development;IDE;
    Terminal=false
    StartupNotify=true
  2. put an icon file at AppDir/usr/bin/icon.svg
  3. run ARCH=x86_64 appimagetool .
  4. attempt to open the .DirIcon symlink

expected result

either:

  • .DirIcon links to AppDir/usr/bin/icon.svg
  • fail the build with an error stating that the icon must be in the AppDir root

actual result

symlink is broken because it links to non-existent AppDir/icon.svg

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