GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 531256
Can't detect mime for README file
Last modified: 2008-05-03 22:00:56 UTC
It seems File Roller still have some difficulty detecting the MIME type of certain files. This results in the unhelpful "View File" dialog, instead of launching the default application. This can easily be reproduced with the attached test.tar.gz. Using "View File" on README.txt opens gedit, "View File" on README results in the "View File" dialog. Besides the file extension, these files are identical.
Created attachment 110332 [details] test case
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 126130 ***