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diff --git a/helper-templates/update-desktopdb.sh b/helper-templates/update-desktopdb.sh
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+#
+# This helper update's desktop-file-utils desktop database for any
+# package that requests this operation.
+#
+
+update_desktopdb_cmd=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/update-desktop-database
+desktopdb_dir=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/share/applications
+
+if [ -x $update_desktopdb_cmd -a -d $desktopdb_dir ]; then
+	$update_desktopdb_cmd $desktopdb_dir && \
+		echo "=> Updated desktop database directory."
+fi
+
+unset update_desktopdb_cmd desktopdb_dir
diff --git a/templates/desktop-file-utils.tmpl b/templates/desktop-file-utils.tmpl
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+# Template build file for 'desktop-file-utils'.
+pkgname=desktop-file-utils
+version=0.15
+distfiles="
+http://freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/$pkgname-$version@.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+make_cmd="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/gmake"
+short_desc="Utilities to manage desktop entries"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=ab6fc0bc116d6ec338ef2699b96d57698d4a1d03
+long_desc="
+ desktop-file-utils contains a couple of command line utilities for working
+ with desktop entries and the applications database. More specifically,
+ it contains the update-desktop-database utility, used to rebuild the database
+ that connects MIME types to applications."