Bug 389101

Summary:	Locally installed Kwin scripts stopped working after KF5 update from version 5.41 to 5.42
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kpackage	Reporter:	avlas <jsardid>
Component:	default	Assignee:	Marco Martin <notmart>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	jr, kde, kdelibs-bugs, neon-bugs, sitter, wbauer1
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.42.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description avlas 2018-01-17 11:17:49 UTC

After upgrading to kf 5.42 local kwin scripts stopped working and disappear from systemsettings (system kwin scripts appear and work just fine).

I don't know if this may be a packaging problem or a kf5 regression of some sort.

I downgraded to kf5 5.41 using apt preferences and things came back to normal, that is, local Kwin scripts work again and reappeared in systemsettings

Comment 1 avlas 2018-01-17 16:32:06 UTC

I don't think this bug refers (only) to frameworks-knewstuff. I used apt preferences to keep frameworks-knewstuff in version 5.41 while the rest is in version 5.42 and the bug reappeared.

Comment 2 Kai Uwe Broulik 2018-01-17 16:55:13 UTC

Re-assigning to KPackage. 

const auto scripts = KPackage::PackageLoader::self()->findPackages(QStringLiteral("KWin/Script"), scriptFolder, filter);

returns the same package list after installing/uninstalling. Possibly caused by the new runtime cache not knowing about knewstuff

Comment 3 avlas 2018-01-17 18:54:05 UTC

I can confirm that downgrading only frameworks-kpackage to version 5.41 fixes the issue for me.

Comment 4 Wolfgang Bauer 2018-01-27 09:39:51 UTC

Probably the same reason as bug#389197?

Try deleting the corresponding kplugincache.json file, or install some new kwin script (that should delete it as well).

Comment 5 Wolfgang Bauer 2018-01-27 09:41:21 UTC

(In reply to Wolfgang Bauer from comment #4)
> Try deleting the corresponding kplugincache.json file

Erm, I mean kpluginindex.json, sorry.

Comment 6 avlas 2018-01-27 12:00:23 UTC

I tried reinstalling the kwin script and didn't help. I'll try deleting that file and will report the result.

Comment 7 avlas 2018-01-27 12:34:58 UTC

I confirm removing kpluginindex.json solved the problem, thank you!

Comment 8 Wolfgang Bauer 2018-01-27 14:54:44 UTC

(In reply to avlas from comment #6)
> I tried reinstalling the kwin script and didn't help.

No, but installing a *different one* should have helped.

(In reply to avlas from comment #7)
> I confirm removing kpluginindex.json solved the problem, thank you!

Good, let's mark it as duplicate then (even though this one is older).

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 389197 ***