Please describe the problem:
Per the menu spec I should be able to add .menu files to

   $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/menus/applications-merged/

and have them get merged into the main applications menu on the desktop. 
However, I am not able to get this to function using 2.12 and 2.14.

In Fedora Core 5 the applications.menu file makes a comment about merging in
menus from "applications.d" I was not able to figure out where that directory
(and .menu file) was supposed to be to make things work.  I've tried
/etc/xdg/menus/applications.d and /etc/applications.d

The applications-merged directory does work in RHEL4, however, I think that's
still using the vfs menus.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create, if it doesn't exist /etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged
2. In that directory add a .menu file to be merged into the main applications menu
3. Restart gnome, note that no changes have been made to the Applications menu


Actual results:
No changes at all are made to the applications menu.

Expected results:
The .menu file should be propperly merged into the menu structure as instructed
by the "<DefaultMergeDirs/>" XML code.

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
I will attach the .menu file I am trying to use.