kde4 services in kde3 apps

[Jonas Norlander]

2008/12/19 Mitch Golden <mgolden at mitchgolden.com>:
> With a default install of Intrepid, there are some apps built against KDE
> 4, and some built against KDE 3.5.  If you open a KDE 3.5 app (Amarok is
> an example) and open the Help > About Amarok panel, you will see a link to
> the amarok site.  If you try to click this link, you will receive an error
> "Can't find service kfmclient".
>
> This issue afflicts all KDE 3.5 applications, and includes not just
> Konqueror (which is what kfmclient is opening) but also khelpcenter, and
> possibly others.
>
> The issue appears to be that there are separate directories
> /usr/share/applications/kde and /usr/share/applications/kde4, and the
> desktop files construct separate sycoca files.  Since kfmclient.desktop is
> only installed in the kde4 directory, the KDE 3.5 apps can't find it in
> their sycoca.
>
> A simple fix is just to make a symlink from the kde4 file into the kde
> directory.  I.e:
>
> cd /usr/share/applications/kde
> sudo ln -S ../kde4/kfmclient* .
> kbuildsycoca
>
> and the problem disappears.
>
> So, my question is: this isn't really an issue with the specific Konqueror
> package, but an overall structural issue, so to whom should the patch be
> submitted?
>
> Does anyone know the complete list of packages that should be accessible
> from KDE 3.5 apps?  Or perhaps the two directories should just be
> combined?
>
>   - Mitch Golden
>

Thanks for looking at this problem/bug. I can confirm that that it
works for clicking a link in application like the About box in Amarok
and digikam but it don't help for the khelpcenter problems or did i
misunderstand you?

/ Jonas