Packages ignoring applications_dir

[Anders F Björklund]

Rainer Müller 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

And it still doesn't follow symlinks ?

i.e. the LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons have the same problem

--anders