Group vizualized particles do not rotate (custom edit)

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Hi everybody!

I have a problem with particle rotation in custom edited PS.
The situation is that I have some objects in a group and a hair particle system that uses the group as visualization. The PS is custom edited. I can grow & shrink the particles, but I cannot rotate (comb) them! The visualization objects do not rotate.

The image shows the object in particle edit mode with particle control strands straight - the particles itself are straight. If I comb the strands, the particle object do not rotate accordingly.

http://www.shrani.si/t/37/gR/14kDgkKJ/comb-hair.jpg

How do I rotate group visualized particles? (strand visualized rotate correctly)
Blend attached.

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part-rot-test.blend (782 KB)

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To be a little more clear, this is what I want. Done in Blender 2.49. When you comb the hair strand the base of the dupli-object is oriented accordingly:

http://www.shrani.si/t/2R/46/1Zk6nTG4/blend24-hair.jpg

While in the above example done in Blender 2.58.1, the dupli-object remains fixed perpendcular to the emitter surface, no matter how the hair is oriented.

Also, the dupli-object is not visible during particle edit mode, just the strand is.