Bug 16380 - Specify what relative file names in MergeFile mean
Summary: Specify what relative file names in MergeFile mean
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: Specifications
Classification: Unclassified
Component: desktop-entry (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
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Assignee: Allison Lortie (desrt)
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Reported: 2008-06-16 13:26 UTC by Joachim Breitner
Modified: 2019-02-16 12:26 UTC (History)
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Description Joachim Breitner 2008-06-16 13:26:37 UTC 
Hi,

I was bitten by a problem that occurs when you use <MergeFile>some.menu</MergeFile>, and expect that the some.menu will be looked in the various $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS directories as the file that you override using that mechanism.

I suggest to at least clearly document that relative file names are relative to the physical file that the <MergeFile> tag was found in. Additionally, it would be nice to have a way to use <MergeFile> and have the file to be merged be searched in the $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS paths.

Thanks,
Joachim
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2015-09-18 09:41:40 UTC 
Sorry for the noise, reassigning to new (since 2 years) maintainers (Ryan & David).
Comment 2 GitLab Migration User 2019-02-16 12:26:28 UTC 
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