Upon installation, updating icon cache is relevant so that new icons can be found by the system.
Upon a staged installation though, i.e. when DESTDIR is set to a staging installation area, it is not relevant to update the icon cache as this cache is not the actual target system's cache.
Staged installation is typically used when creating a package of the application. Cache update is a problem well known to packagers which typically handle it by wrapping cache update commands into scripts to be executed at post (un)installation time - on the real target system.
See also:
703
The tutorial referenced in the ticket which actually mentions this tricky staged install case
Upon installation, updating icon cache is relevant so that new icons can be found by the system.
Upon a staged installation though, i.e. when
DESTDIR
is set to a staging installation area, it is not relevant to update the icon cache as this cache is not the actual target system's cache.Staged installation is typically used when creating a package of the application. Cache update is a problem well known to packagers which typically handle it by wrapping cache update commands into scripts to be executed at post (un)installation time - on the real target system.
See also:
703