Re: [Evolution] Potential Issue casued by Update

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Tue, 2022-08-23 at 01:10 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > > What does 
> > >
> > >    xdg-mime query default 'x-scheme-handler/mailto'
> > >
> > > say?  It should point to the desktop file that is used to start
> > > your
> > > copy of Evolution.  Mine says "org.gnome.Evolution.desktop". 
> > > That
> > > is,
> > > as far as I know, how Chrome handles Mailto: links. 
> >
> > Mine actually says:
> >
> > userapp-Evolution-ZCM7LX.desktop
> >
> > which I hadn't seen before. I wonder if it's a recent change. The
> > file
> > does exist under $HOME/.local/share/applications/
> I have one of those under ~/.local/share as well - it seems to be a
> very truncated version of the system one under
> /usr/share/applications;
> and much older as well. Also:
>
>    $ grep Exec /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Evolution.desktop
>    Exec=evolution %U
>    Exec=evolution -c current
>    Exec=evolution mailto:
>    Exec=evolution -c contacts
>    Exec=evolution -c calendar
>    Exec=evolution -c mail
>    Exec=evolution -c memos
>    Exec=evolution -c tasks
>    
>    $ grep Exec .local/share/applications/userapp-Evolution-
> 1UF7A0.desktop
>    Exec=evolution --component=mail %u
>    
> If it works, it works.  But it looks like the system one is the more
> comprehensive, newer one.

Yes, the old one dates from 2014 (!). I removed it (in fact them, as
there were several) and installed the system one as default.

poc