Make the search order for portals.conf consistent with mimeapps.list #1082
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Previously, we would search for a user-specific portals.conf as highest precedence, and then iterate through desktop environments, searching for a user-specific desktop-specific file followed by a system-wide desktop-specific file. Now, the precedence order is consistently that directories are most important, we only pay attention to desktop environments within a single directory, and desktop-specific configuration is always higher-precedence than generic within the same directory. Previously, desktop environments and OS vendors had to install their per-desktop configuration into /etc, contradicting the general design principle of putting defaults in /usr and reserving /etc for sysadmin overrides. Now, we search both /etc and /usr/share (with typical environment variables and build-time settings). Previously, we didn't fully follow the XDG Base Directory specification when looking up per-user configuration; now we do. This is potentially significant for users who have more than one per-user directory, for example a machine-specific directory within a home directory shared between machines. Update documentation accordingly. Resolves: flatpak#1081 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <[email protected]>
smcv
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Aug 24, 2023
| const char **desktops; | ||
| const char *portal_dir; | ||
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| desktops = get_current_lowercase_desktops (); | ||
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| /* We need to override this in the tests */ | ||
| portal_dir = g_getenv ("XDG_DESKTOP_PORTAL_DIR"); |
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I left this as an intentionally undocumented implementation detail, since it's only there for the tests as far as I can see.
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| /* ${datadir}/xdg-desktop-portal/(DESKTOP-)portals.conf */ | ||
| if (load_config_directory (DATADIR "/" XDP_SUBDIR, desktops, opt_verbose)) | ||
| return; |
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In practice this is redundant with XDG_DATA_DIRS but I thought we should probably search it anyway?
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It doesn't need to be immediately, but I'd like to get a 1.17.1 out with this change at some point, so that when we start asking desktop environment maintainers (upstream or downstream) to install their own |
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Previously, we would search for a user-specific portals.conf as highest precedence, and then iterate through desktop environments, searching for a user-specific desktop-specific file followed by a system-wide desktop-specific file. Now, the precedence order is consistently that directories are most important, we only pay attention to desktop environments within a single directory, and desktop-specific configuration is always higher-precedence than generic within the same directory.
Previously, desktop environments and OS vendors had to install their per-desktop configuration into /etc, contradicting the general design principle of putting defaults in /usr and reserving /etc for sysadmin overrides. Now, we search both /etc and /usr/share (with typical environment variables and build-time settings).
Previously, we didn't fully follow the XDG Base Directory specification when looking up per-user configuration; now we do. This is potentially significant for users who have more than one per-user directory, for example a machine-specific directory within a home directory shared between machines.
Update documentation accordingly.
Resolves: #1081