This bug is NOT fixed; I've worked around it by changing menu-xdg not to trigger the bug. I'm setting its importance to Low since it won't affect many users now.
menu-xdg (0.2.3ubuntu1) edgy; urgency=low * Rather than shipping a broken symlink, create it when update-menu is run (workaround for LP#52405) -- Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:48:24 -0700 ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Low Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- gnome-panel eats 50% cpu for half an hour and flickers https://launchpad.net/bugs/52405 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs