On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:44:58 +0530 Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tom Horsley wrote: > > I've been seeing this for a while now, anyone have any idea what > > it is about? (Seems to be harmless): > > > > Could not parse file '/usr/share/applications/kde/AdobeReader.desktop': No such file or directory > > > > Every time yum updates firefox or gimp I seem to get this during update > > or cleanup or both. > > Nothing much to do with yum itself. > > When you install applications that have .desktop files, a post > installation script is run as part of the RPM package to update the menu > entry when checks for .desktop files under /usr/share/applications. For > some reason, it cannot parse the above mentioned file. Take a look and > see if you can fix it. Just like the error says, there is no such file on any of the systems I've gotten this error from, so I don't know why it is so hot to parse it :-).