diff -u gcvs-1.0final/debian/changelog gcvs-1.0final/debian/changelog
--- gcvs-1.0final/debian/changelog
+++ gcvs-1.0final/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gcvs (1.0final-5ubuntu1) breezy; urgency=low
+
+  * added a .desktop file
+
+ -- Benjamin Montgomery <bmontgom@montynet.org>  Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:59:57 -0500
+
 gcvs (1.0final-5build1) breezy; urgency=low
 
   * Rebuild for new C++ ABI
diff -u gcvs-1.0final/debian/rules gcvs-1.0final/debian/rules
--- gcvs-1.0final/debian/rules
+++ gcvs-1.0final/debian/rules
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
 	install --mode=644 -D debian/lintian-overrides $(CURDIR)/debian/gcvs/usr/share/lintian/overrides/gcvs
 	cp debian/gcvs-32x32.xpm $(CURDIR)/debian/gcvs/usr/share/pixmaps
 	cp debian/gcvs-32x32-ugly-but-policy.xpm $(CURDIR)/debian/gcvs/usr/share/pixmaps
+	install -d $(CURDIR)/debian/gcvs/usr/share/applications
+	install --mode=644 debian/gcvs.desktop $(CURDIR)/debian/gcvs/usr/share/applications
 
 # Build architecture-independent files here.
 binary-indep: build install
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- gcvs-1.0final.orig/debian/gcvs.desktop
+++ gcvs-1.0final/debian/gcvs.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Name=gcvs
+GenericName=
+Comment=
+Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gcvs-32x32.xpm
+Exec=/usr/bin/gcvs
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Programming