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global-data-in-games-directory

This package contains files under /usr/share/games, such as desktop files, icons, pixmaps, or MIME type entries, that are global system data. The user's desktop environment will only check in the directories directly under /usr/share and this information should be put in the global directory even if it is for games.

The most common cause of this problem is using a --datadir=/usr/share/games argument to configure or an equivalent and using the upstream installation rules. These files need to be moved into the corresponding directories directly under /usr/share.

The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163. That is the most recent version we know about.

We use semantic versions. The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the 2.114.0 release tag in our Git repository.

You can find the detection logic for this version at commit 3410a22. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check games.

Visibility: error

The following 1 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 1 times (in any Lintian version).

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