• VSCode Version: 1.53.0
• OS Version: Ubuntu Linux 20.04

Steps to Reproduce:

1. install .deb package
2. run debsums -s

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

I’d like to resurrect #37762: the checksums for .desktop files included in the .deb archive fail to pass post-install.

$ debsums -s code
debsums: changed file /usr/share/applications/code.desktop (from code package)
debsums: changed file /usr/share/applications/code-url-handler.desktop (from code package)

This happens because the postinst script calls desktop-file-install for the .desktop files, which adds an X-Desktop-File-Install-Version entry to them, and hence the checksums change.

I don’t know why the desktop-file-install call is there, as including the .desktop files in the deb archive is sufficient to have them installed (in their proper place under /usr/share/applications/), with the checksum intact.

I built the package with just those desktop-file-install calls removed (see below), after which the checksums pass post-install (with no other changes that I can see).

diff --git a/resources/linux/debian/postinst.template b/resources/linux/debian/postinst.template
index c72fe5f9f5..dcc147de93 100755
--- a/resources/linux/debian/postinst.template
+++ b/resources/linux/debian/postinst.template
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ ln -s /usr/share/@@NAME@@/bin/@@NAME@@ /usr/bin/@@NAME@@
 # developers would prefer a terminal editor as the default.
 update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/editor editor /usr/bin/@@NAME@@ 0
 
-# Install the desktop entry
-if hash desktop-file-install 2>/dev/null; then
-       desktop-file-install /usr/share/applications/@@NAME@@.desktop
-       desktop-file-install /usr/share/applications/@@NAME@@-url-handler.desktop
-fi
-
 # Update mimetype database to pickup workspace mimetype
 if hash update-mime-database 2>/dev/null; then
        update-mime-database /usr/share/mime