To be able to get the new File Chooser in GTK+-2.4.x to show any icons it needs to have the x11-misc/shared-mime-info package installed. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
i already fixed this earlier today for gtk+-2.4.1 .. altough i have a bit mixed feelingz about the extra deps it implies (libxml2 most noticable). I think this should be simple-fixed on the gtk level itself (basic folder/file mime + icons should be enough to satisfy filechooser usability).
I'd like to this dep pulled, in addition to the others, posted in a separate bug. If it isnt in the deps folder, it shouldnt be a dep.
@ #2 (who conveniently isn't CC-ed *sigh*) : we're trying to create a usable default ebuild here, this just is part of that. This is a definite runtime necessity at this point.