The file libcinnamon-desktop/pnp.ids is an HTML file, most probably the result of a downloading script with an outdated URL. Hence, unless the pnp_ids meson option with a path is specified, libcinnamon-desktop will attempt to use a broken file.
This opens a slightly bigger discussion: considering that
libcinnamon-desktop/gnome-pnp-ids.c has some sort of fallback list of vendors to use in case it is not found in pnp.ids: I see few that are not even in recent pnp.ids
my ideas are the following:
require a system version of pnp.ids, either by mandating the use of the pnp_ids meson option or having a list of predefined locations (e.g. /usr/share/hwdata/pnp.ids) where to look for
drop the own pnp.ids file from the sources, along with the logic to install it and use it from the own datadir
trim (or even drop) the own list of vendors in gnome-pnp-ids.c
The file
libcinnamon-desktop/pnp.idsis an HTML file, most probably the result of a downloading script with an outdated URL. Hence, unless thepnp_idsmeson option with a path is specified, libcinnamon-desktop will attempt to use a broken file.This opens a slightly bigger discussion: considering that
pnp.idsis provided by hwdata which is widely available in Linux (and not only) distros (see https://repology.org/project/hwdata/versions)libcinnamon-desktop/gnome-pnp-ids.chas some sort of fallback list of vendors to use in case it is not found inpnp.ids: I see few that are not even in recentpnp.idsmy ideas are the following:
pnp.ids, either by mandating the use of thepnp_idsmeson option or having a list of predefined locations (e.g./usr/share/hwdata/pnp.ids) where to look forpnp.idsfile from the sources, along with the logic to install it and use it from the own datadirgnome-pnp-ids.cWhat do you think?