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[Bug 1082034] Re: desktop files not picked up in /usr/local/share/

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From: Hakovala <hakovala@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:52:44 -0000
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Same in Unity 7.0.0, Ubuntu 13.04

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Title:
  desktop files not picked up in /usr/local/share/

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When installing a new application that uses python: distutils.core
  import setup with the default setting the .desktop file will end up in
  /usr/local/share/applications/

  1 Place a valid .desktop file in /usr/local/share/applications/
  2 run update-desktop-database -v  (note that the desktop file is found as it's in a valid XDG_DATA_DIRS
  3 Expect application to show in unity

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