Please describe the problem:
In Ubuntu 8.04, I found it impossible to build a deb package overriding the Applications menus.

The Freedesktop.org menu-spec specification says this :
http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/ar01s05.html
> Merged menu elements are kept in order because <Include> and <Exclude> elements later in the file override <Include> and <Exclude> elements earlier in the file. This means that if the user's menu file merges the system menu file, the user can always override what the system menu specifies by placing elements after the <MergeFile> that incorporates the system file.

The actual implementation of the application menus doesn't allow overriding.

see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-menus/+bug/297431 for details.

THIS INCLUDES THE REQUIRED PATCH SUBMITTED TO UBUNTU 3 MONTHS AGO !!!





Steps to reproduce:
1. see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-menus/+bug/297431
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Actual results:
It's impossible to override Application menus

Expected results:
It must be possible to override Application menus

Does this happen every time?
Just as reliably as your CPU is.

Other information:
Yes, please refer to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-menus/+bug/297431

THIS INCLUDES THE REQUIRED PATCH SUBMITTED TO UBUNTU 3 MONTHS AGO !!!