--- xdg-desktop-menu.orig	2007-07-27 14:38:41.000000000 -0700
+++ xdg-desktop-menu	2007-07-27 09:26:28.000000000 -0700
@@ -1216,6 +1216,19 @@
 
     basefile=`basename $desktop_file`
 
+    if [ -n "$gnome_dir" ] ; then
+        version=`gnome-about --version 2>/dev/null | sed 's/Gnome gnome-about //'`
+        major=`echo $version | sed 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
+        minor=`echo $version | sed 's/[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
+        if [ -n "$major" ] ; then
+            if [ "$major" -gt 2 ] ; then
+                gnome_dir=
+            elif [ "$major" -eq 2 ] ; then
+                test -n "$minor" -a "$minor" -ge 8 && gnome_dir=
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+
     DEBUG 1 "$action $desktop_file in $xdg_dir $kde_dir $gnome_dir"
 
     case $action in