alacarte 0.8-0ubuntu12 does not start, with python-xdg 0.15-1ubuntu5. Here's the dump:
$ alacarte (alacarte:14660): GnomeUI-CRITICAL **: gnome_icon_selection_clear: assertion `gis != NULL' failed (alacarte:14660): GnomeUI-CRITICAL **: gnome_icon_selection_add_directory: assertion `gis != NULL' failed (alacarte:14660): GnomeUI-CRITICAL **: gnome_icon_selection_show_icons: assertion `gis != NULL' failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 26, in ? main() File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 23, in main GnomeFront() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Alacarte/GnomeFront.py", line 72, in __init__ self.loadMenus() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Alacarte/GnomeFront.py", line 201, in loadMenus self.app_handler = MenuHandler('applications.menu', self.options) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Alacarte/PyXDGMenuHandler.py", line 27, in __init__ xdg.MenuEditor.MenuEditor.__init__( File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/MenuEditor.py", line 28, in __init__ self.parse(menu, filename, root) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/MenuEditor.py", line 40, in parse self.menu = parse(menu) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 516, in parse __parse(doc, filename, tmp["Root"]) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 537, in __parse __parseMenu(child, filename, parent) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 691, in __parseMenu __parse(child, filename, m) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 575, in __parse __parseMergeFile("applications.menu", child, filename, parent) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 742, in __parseMergeFile __mergeFile(os.path.join(p,rel_file),child,parent) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 791, in __mergeFile __parse(child,filename,parent) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 586, in __parse __parseDefaultMergeDirs(child, filename, parent) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 762, in __parseDefaultMergeDirs __parseMergeDir(os.path.join(dir, "menus", basename + "-merged"), child, filename, parent) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 755, in __parseMergeDir __mergeFile(os.path.join(value, item), child, parent) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 791, in __mergeFile __parse(child,filename,parent) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 537, in __parse __parseMenu(child, filename, parent) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 691, in __parseMenu __parse(child, filename, m) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 571, in __parse parent.Rules.append(Rule(child.tagName, child)) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 284, in __init__ self.compile() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py", line 290, in compile exec(""" File "<string>", line 6 elif : ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax -- Alacarte does not start https://launchpad.net/bugs/41949 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs