Bug 235987

Summary: Gnome 2.16 in RHEL5 doesn't display Link-type desktop entries in the gnome menu
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Vladimir Ralev <vralev>
Component: gnome-menusAssignee: Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
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Version: 5.0CC: vralev
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBINSTALL-276
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Description Vladimir Ralev 2007-04-11 08:29:28 UTC
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 5

How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create this desktop entry in both ~/Desktop and /usr/share/applications
2. Create a menu config to include a shortcut to this item (note that it doesn't
have any categories.
  
Actual results:
It's displayed as a desktop shortcut, but not in the menu

Expected results:
To be displayed in the gnome-menu


Additional info:
It work in RHEL 4.4 (Gnome 2.8). See
http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBINSTALL-276 for a sample desktop entry.

Comment 1 Ray Strode [halfline] 2007-04-11 16:47:23 UTC
*** Bug 235988 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2014-03-07 13:45:24 UTC
This bug/component is not included in scope for RHEL-5.11.0 which is the last RHEL5 minor release. This Bugzilla will soon be CLOSED as WONTFIX (at the end of RHEL5.11 development phase (Apr 22, 2014)). Please contact your account manager or support representative in case you need to escalate this bug.

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2014-06-03 12:37:37 UTC
Thank you for submitting this request for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. We've carefully evaluated the request, but are unable to include it in RHEL5 stream. If the issue is critical for your business, please provide additional business justification through the appropriate support channels (https://access.redhat.com/site/support).

Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2023-09-14 01:11:09 UTC
The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 1000 days