gtk-update-icon-cache crashes...

[mathfeel]

During emerge, there's some problem with updating icon cache:

[AnXa]

I'm having similar problems.

I'm also getting this "The generated cache was invalid." but not other problems you wrote about.
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[ikshaar]

Had same invalid cache message. Finally found that running emerge with --debug would show the folder causing trouble (in my case /usr/share/icons/Nuovo). Getting rid of the folder solved it.

I did not know how to fix the folder per se.
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[coeus]

to find the corrupt directory, run in bash: (i've found the command via "grep 'Updating icons cache' /usr/portage/eclass/*")

[binary_runner]

I've investigated the issue and in my case there are usually two reasons for this "error":

• the cached directory is empty
  - caused by icons pack uninstall removing files but leaving directory in place
  
• directory is not empry but the icons are not in subfolders named WIDTHxHEIGHT (icon dimensions)
  - caused by me, copying some old icons into a directory under /usr/share/icons
  (it would be ncie to have some script sorting them into on-demand created directories)
  

[nucleos]

Hello,

I've read someone had the same problem I experience right now :

Every time I try to compile GTK+, the error is : "The generated cache was invalid."

I try to follow the guy's recommendations, but I don't know how I can wipe out and reinstall totally all my icons...

[nixnut]

merged above post here
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