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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
66/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start with the AppDir requirements in the linked AppImage documentation and inspect the full test log for the submitted AppImage. Confirm the packaging layout and address the missing .DirIcon; the test should pass without the reported missing-file error.

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Description

❌ Test failure

@NubleX: this pull request adds the AppImage from your GitHub repository to the AppImage catalog; the test reports the following. Could you have a look?

First error in the log:

FATAL: .DirIcon is missing in /tmp/.mount_runtimJFcjCI

Commit 5c417365. Full log

Originally posted by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/AppImage/appimage.github.io/issues/4789#issuecomment-5860168235

Human addition: that's kinda weird though - i'd imagine most apps need that due to their hardcoded specs like the manifests? and most apps would expect the image to be in the root dir or did i mess up on my part? as in /app/src/dir/appimage?

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