Packages ignoring applications_dir

[Rainer Müller]

On 2011-09-09 09:39 , Anders F Björklund wrote:
> Better yet, the applications_dir *should* be relocated to ${prefix}
> just like frameworks_dir was (successfully). With a symlink set up:
> 
> /Applications/MacPorts -> /opt/local/Applications

LaunchServices shows different behavior for apps in /Applications and
outside. That was the reason we sticked to this path while moving
everything else into the prefix. For example, file type associations do
not get registered automatically.

http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2008-November/006474.html

Rainer