Spike / Bug: Some update-desktop-database binaries might not have a --version switch.

[Sewer56]

Bug Report

Summary

In some distros it may be possible that the version of update-desktop-database shipped does not have a --version flag in the CLI.

A User on Steam Deck is experiencing an error in log for update-desktop-database on every boot with the following contents:

00:00:02.257 [ERROR] (NexusMods.CrossPlatform.Process.RuntimeDependencyChecker) update-desktop-database: exception while querying information|CliWrap.Exceptions.CommandExecutionException: Command execution failed because the underlying process (update-desktop-database#40434) returned a non-zero exit code (1).

Command:
update-desktop-database --version

You can suppress this validation by calling `WithValidation(CommandResultValidation.None)` on the command.
   at CliWrap.Command.ExecuteAsync(ProcessEx process, CancellationToken forcefulCancellationToken, CancellationToken gracefulCancellationToken) in /_/CliWrap/Command.Execution.cs:line 271
   at CliWrap.Command.ExecuteAsync(ProcessEx process, CancellationToken forcefulCancellationToken, CancellationToken gracefulCancellationToken) in /_/CliWrap/Command.Execution.cs:line 287
   at CliWrap.Command.ExecuteAsync(ProcessEx process, CancellationToken forcefulCancellationToken, CancellationToken gracefulCancellationToken) in /_/CliWrap/Command.Execution.cs:line 287
   at CliWrap.Command.ExecuteAsync(ProcessEx process, CancellationToken forcefulCancellationToken, CancellationToken gracefulCancellationToken) in /_/CliWrap/Command.Execution.cs:line 287
   at NexusMods.CrossPlatform.Process.ProcessFactory.ExecuteAsync(Command command, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in /_/src/NexusMods.CrossPlatform/Process/ProcessFactory.cs:line 118
   at NexusMods.CrossPlatform.Process.ProcessFactory.ExecuteAsync(Command command, Boolean logProcessOutput, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in /_/src/NexusMods.CrossPlatform/Process/ProcessFactory.cs:line 98
   at NexusMods.CrossPlatform.Process.ProcessFactory.ExecuteAsync(Command command, Boolean logProcessOutput, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in /_/src/NexusMods.CrossPlatform/Process/ProcessFactory.cs:line 101
   at NexusMods.CrossPlatform.Process.ProcessFactory.ExecuteAsync(Command command, Boolean logProcessOutput, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in /_/src/NexusMods.CrossPlatform/Process/ProcessFactory.cs:line 101
   at NexusMods.CrossPlatform.Process.ExecutableRuntimeDependency.QueryInstallationInformationImpl(CancellationToken cancellationToken) in /_/src/NexusMods.CrossPlatform/Process/ExecutableRuntimeDependency.cs:line 56
   at NexusMods.CrossPlatform.Process.RuntimeDependencyChecker.StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) in /_/src/NexusMods.CrossPlatform/Process/RuntimeDependencyChecker.cs:line 27

And their process stdout is:

Unknown option --version
Run "update-desktop-database --help" to see a full list of available command line options.

Other information

Chat from Discord.

This is relatively low priority; it's not breaking, but it pollutes logs. Users and devs may get wrong impressions if there are errors related to URL handlers.

[erri120]

Do you know what OS the user had installed? The man page of the tool should also show the version.

[Sewer56]

Do you know what OS the user had installed?

SteamOS. As mentioned, they're running on Deck. The top of their logs was saying SteamOS.