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Bug 648467 - g_app_info_set_as_last_used_for_type can wrongly change default
g_app_info_set_as_last_used_for_type can wrongly change default
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 658188
Product: glib
Classification: Platform
Component: gio
2.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtkdev
gtkdev
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-04-22 13:29 UTC by Edward Sheldrake
Modified: 2011-09-10 00:33 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
small test program to illustrate the problem (810 bytes, text/x-csrc)
2011-04-22 13:29 UTC, Edward Sheldrake 		  Details
fix - when adding a default to avoid it being overriden, don't exclude from the apps found for the mimetype (561 bytes, patch)
2011-06-04 06:21 UTC, Edward Sheldrake 		none Details | Review
desktopappinfo: don't exclude from system list (1.32 KB, patch)
2011-08-30 15:34 UTC, Edward Sheldrake 		none Details | Review

Description Edward Sheldrake 2011-04-22 13:29:03 UTC 
Created attachment 186478 [details]
small test program to illustrate the problem

If I use the "Open With" dialog in nautilus or file-roller 3.0.0, and choose gedit for a plain text file, gedit opens, but the default application for plain text files gets changed from gedit to KWrite.

It only happens if there was no entry for "text/plain" in the "Default Applications" section of ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list - in that case, an entry gets added, but somehow ends up set to kde4-kwrite.desktop.

This is with glib 2.28.6.
Comment 1 Edward Sheldrake 2011-06-04 06:21:24 UTC 
Created attachment 189202 [details] [review]
fix - when adding a default to avoid it being overriden, don't exclude from the apps found for the mimetype

I investigated this bug further, and discovered that the reason the default ends up wrong is because the app given to set_as_last_used_for_type was later being excluded from the list of apps found for that mimetype.
Comment 2 Edward Sheldrake 2011-08-30 15:34:43 UTC 
Created attachment 195222 [details] [review]
desktopappinfo: don't exclude from system list

Bug still present in glib 2.29.16, here is the same patch, but git formatted and against master.
Comment 3 Cosimo Cecchi 2011-09-10 00:33:36 UTC 
Bug 658188 has a better patch, closing as a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 658188 ***