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+# files/desktop -- lintian check script -*- perl -*-
+
+# Copyright (C) 1998 Christian Schwarz and Richard Braakman
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, you can find it on the World Wide
+# Web at https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html, or write to the Free
+# Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+# MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+package Lintian::Check::Files::Desktop;
+
+use v5.20;
+use warnings;
+use utf8;
+
+use Moo;
+use namespace::clean;
+
+with 'Lintian::Check';
+
+sub visit_installed_files {
+    my ($self, $item) = @_;
+
+    # .desktop files
+    # People have placed them everywhere, but nowadays the
+    # consensus seems to be to stick to the fd.org standard
+    # drafts, which says that .desktop files intended for
+    # menus should be placed in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications.
+    # The default for $XDG_DATA_DIRS is
+    # /usr/local/share/:/usr/share/, according to the
+    # basedir-spec on fd.org. As distributor, we should only
+    # allow /usr/share.
+
+    $self->pointed_hint('desktop-file-in-wrong-dir', $item->pointer)
+      if $item->name =~ m{^usr/share/gnome/apps/.*\.desktop$};
+
+    return;
+}
+
+1;
+
+# Local Variables:
+# indent-tabs-mode: nil
+# cperl-indent-level: 4
+# End:
+# vim: syntax=perl sw=4 sts=4 sr et