Found a fix for this on the Ubuntu forums. -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/
PGP key id 5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078
--- menu-xdg.orig 2005-07-23 14:08:27.212430884 +0100 +++ menu-xdg 2005-07-23 14:13:31.849552625 +0100 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function Dirs() = ifempty($section,ifroot( - "<AppDir>/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg</AppDir>\n" + "<AppDir>/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications</AppDir>\n" "<DirectoryDir>/var/lib/menu-xdg/desktop-directories/menu-xdg</DirectoryDir>\n", "<DirectoryDir>" parent(parent(prefix()))