diff -up desktop-file-utils-0.14/src/validate.c.make-icon-extension-non-fatal desktop-file-utils-0.14/src/validate.c
--- desktop-file-utils-0.14/src/validate.c.make-icon-extension-non-fatal	2007-12-06 21:52:11.000000000 -0500
+++ desktop-file-utils-0.14/src/validate.c	2007-12-06 21:52:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ handle_icon_key (kf_validator *kf,
   if (g_str_has_suffix (value, ".png") ||
       g_str_has_suffix (value, ".xpm") ||
       g_str_has_suffix (value, ".svg")) {
-    print_fatal (kf, "value \"%s\" for key \"%s\" in group \"%s\" is an icon "
+    print_warning (kf, "value \"%s\" for key \"%s\" in group \"%s\" is an icon "
                      "name with an extension, but there should be no extension "
                      "as described in the Icon Theme Specification if the "
                      "value is not an absolute path\n",