Bug 645447 – unwanted extension of mimeapps.list [Added Associations] x-scheme-handler

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Bug 645447 - unwanted extension of mimeapps.list [Added Associations] x-scheme-handler


Summary:	unwanted extension of mimeapps.list [Added Associations] x-scheme-handler


Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE

Product:	glib
Classification:	Platform
Component:	gio
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal minor
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	gtkdev
QA Contact:	gtkdev

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Reported:	2011-03-21 19:31 UTC by Stanislav Brabec
Modified:	2018-05-24 12:59 UTC

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Description Stanislav Brabec 2011-03-21 19:31:03 UTC

How to reproduce:

1. Create following desktop file in /usr/share/applications/dummy.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Dummy
TryExec=true
Exec=true
Type=Application
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;

2. update-desktop-database

3. Run gnome-default-applications-properties and select Dummy

4. Edit /usr/share/applications/dummy.desktop and remove MimeType line

5. update-desktop-database

6. Run gnome-default-applications-properties

Actual result: Dummy is still selected as default, ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list is extended with (in most cases incorrect):
[Added Associations]
x-scheme-handler/mailto=dummy.desktop;

Expected result: Desktop file change cleanly declares, that the new version does not support mailto handler any more. Pick the default, report error to user and as for confirmation, but do not put the desktop file to [Added Associations].

openSUSE 11.4 with GNOME 2.32
gnome-control-center-2.32.1

Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2011-04-07 13:44:31 UTC

handling of mimeapps.list is mostly in GIO

Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 12:59:39 UTC

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