Bug 35281 – /etc/mime.types outdated - ebuild sys-apps/mime-types needs an update

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jodok Batlogg (RETIRED) 2003-12-07 12:27:08 UTC]

there are some more mime.types known than listed in the current /etc/mime.types. it would be nice if we can integrate them. attached: the latest mime.types from debian unstable mime-support

[Comment 1 Jodok Batlogg (RETIRED) 2003-12-07 12:28:46 UTC]

Created attachment 21829 [details]
the latest mime.types from debian unstable mime-support

[Comment 2 Stephane Loeuillet 2003-12-07 19:09:51 UTC]

got one question :

which package still use it ?

according to portage :
grep -r "app-misc/mime-types" /usr/portage/*-*

net-mail/sylpheed-claws
net-www/webfs

are the only 2 packages of portage using it.
so, is it worth updating it ?

[Comment 3 Jodok Batlogg (RETIRED) 2003-12-14 15:02:26 UTC]

yes, it is worth updating :)

if you write your own programs - e.g. python - you use this mapping. unfortunately the support for python is broken too: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35284

[Comment 4 Maurice van der Pot (RETIRED) 2004-12-15 11:01:25 UTC]

There's been an update. Is this bug still valid?

[Comment 5 Nikolas 'Atrus' Coukouma 2005-05-14 14:24:00 UTC]

This is definitely worth updating and the bug is still valid. I'll attach a diff in a moment. Also, the header comment should be updated so people don't bug the debian maintainers.

app-misc/run-mailcap
mail-client/pine
mail-client/sylpheed-claws
net-www/apache
net-im/silky
net-mail/metamail
dev-lisp/cl-mel-base
www-servers/webfs

[Comment 6 Nikolas 'Atrus' Coukouma 2005-05-14 14:25:29 UTC]

Created attachment 58904 [details, diff]
Diff between mime.types_3.33-1 and mime-types_1.0-r1

[Comment 7 Nikolas 'Atrus' Coukouma 2005-05-14 15:46:45 UTC]

The header block thing is a separate issue from the list being out of date. So, I filed a separate bug: bug 92638

[Comment 8 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-07-21 16:17:55 UTC]

Re-assign to maintainer.

[Comment 9 Andrej Kacian (RETIRED) 2005-08-24 12:59:59 UTC]

Amazing as it may be, this old critter is finally fixed. :) net-mail/mime-types-
4... Thanks, Nikolas.