Affects Rocky Linux 9.8. XDG_DATA_DIRS has an issue where /root/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share is in the path when using the Gnome desktop. This is impacting software including Evolution. This does not happen when using ssh to the system. I have checked /etc/profile.d/* and do not see that thi…

Verified in a clean installation of 9.8. A workaround is to launch evolution from an environment where the root entry has been removed. For example, from a gnome-terminal window launched inside your user desktop session… $ XDG_DATA_DIRS=$(echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS | tr ':' '\n' | grep -Ev root | tr '\n…

Alternatively, remove flatpak, and the problem goes away and Evolution launches fine. Something with flatpak is messing up the XDG_DATA_DIRS variable. Incidently, on RHEL9 flatpak package is 1.12.9-4.el9_8.1, on Rocky it still shows the 9.6 one.

One more thing, whilst it doesn’t appear in the XDG_DATA_DIRS when connecting over SSH, it does still appear if you login on a console, eg: CTRL-ALT-F3. So it’s not just related to the graphical environment, but standard tty console as well.

This is confirmed to be a problem in Rocky Linux 9.8 that is not present upstream.

How is it possible that a package in Rocky 9.8 is different to a package in RHEL 9.8? Is this the only package that’s different, or are there more?

The Rocky project rebuilds sources from upstream in a our own build system. It is always possible for builds to be different though we make every effort to ensure that doesn’t happen. It appears this may be a case where a difference slipped through unnoticed.

[image] tcooper: may be a case where a difference slipped through I understand that, and the build is huge, but wouldn’t there be a log file at the end saying some packages are out-of-sync? Anyway, good news this has been spotted. It still doesn’t fully explain the original issue, even if the…

[image] tcooper: The Rocky project rebuilds sources from upstream in a our own build system. It is always possible for builds to be different though we make every effort to ensure that doesn’t happen. It appears this may be a case where a difference slipped through unnoticed. I guess that thi…

Whan I check in DNF, I see flatpak.x86_64 1.12.9-4.el9_8.1 so is that the updated package?

XDG_DATA_DIRS has a root path /root by default

Rocky Linux Help & Support

Ritov June 1, 2026, 11:52am 11

Ticket @ https://bugs.rockylinux.org/view.php?id=12904

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XDG_DATA_DIRS has a root path /root by default

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