Bug 101207 – XSL mime-type (x-xslt) still not corrected in shared-mime-info from freedesktop.org

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

[Description Axel Dyks 2005-08-03 08:03:48 UTC]

Hi,

each time a emerge (a new version) of share-mime-info,
I have to patch the "freedesktop.org.xml" database of mime-types,
because of an incorrect mime-type for XSL files.
/* If mime-type is "application/x-xslt" mozilla browsers
  do neither display an XSL file correctly nor an XML file
  with an attached XSL, if both are stored on the local
  file system. */

Since version 1.54 of "freesdesktop.org.xml" in freedesktop's CVS
the mime-type is changed to application/xslt+xml which should be
OK for XSLT 2.0, but still does not work on current mozilla browsers.

I think a good compromise would be to set the mime-type to "application/xml".

I will attach a/my patch to this bug report and another patch that
is a workaround for a known problem with wrong "mime-magic" detection
that occurs for the "x-font-tex-tfm" magic pattern, i. e.
"x-font-tex-tfm" is detected although the pattern should not match.
/* xdgmime should already be fixed in CVS, but is not realeased yet */

Applying these patches (or something similar) to the gentoo-ebuild
would make a happy gentoo user even more happy.

:-) Axel

[Comment 1 Axel Dyks 2005-08-03 08:05:04 UTC]

Created attachment 64992 [details, diff]
changes XSL mime-type to "application/xml"

[Comment 2 Axel Dyks 2005-08-03 08:07:17 UTC]

Created attachment 64993 [details, diff]
decrease the priority of the "x-font-tex-tfm" magic pattern to "49"

[Comment 3 Axel Dyks 2005-08-03 11:52:18 UTC]

FYI:

* the freedesktop bug report about the XSL issue:  
  https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2928

* the freedesktop bug report about the "x-font-tex-tfm" issue:
  https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2050
  /* ... though I had the problem with a tiff file ... */

Axel

[Comment 4 Heinrich Wendel (RETIRED) 2006-02-20 02:10:32 UTC]

nothing i will change in the gentoo ebuild, please discuss this with upstream

[Comment 5 Axel Dyks 2006-02-26 13:01:57 UTC]

I've tried to get this fixed upstream, but without success.

To those who are interested in a workaround:

  https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2928

Cheers,
Axel