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[Ted Gould <ted@xxxxxxxx>]

Upstart-app-launch is only supposed to be used for starting and stopping
user applications, not services.  The NoDisplay variable is for services
and other types of background services.  We are also blocking
applications from click packages that are setting this variable as we
don't want "ghost" packages to get installed.

** Changed in: upstart-app-launch (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1231966

Title:
  Fails to activate mediascanner due to NoDisplay=true

Status in “upstart-app-launch” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Hi,

  mediaplayer-app has NoDisplay=true; this causes application-legacy startup to fail to set APP_EXEC in desktop-exec with:
  ** (process:4703): WARNING **: Desktop file 'mediaplayer-app' is set to not display, not copying

  ** (process:4703): CRITICAL **: main: assertion 'execline != NULL'
  failed

  It seems helpers.c is bailing out when NoDisplay=true; not sure why,
  this is meant here not to show mediaplayer in the list of apps on the
  dash but shouldn't stop starting it?

  Cheers,

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