---- On Sun, 05 May 2019 21:21:59 -0500 Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> wrote ----
> Hi, > > sirgazil <sirga...@zoho.com> 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.
