[csw-maintainers] update-mime-database said: Note that '/opt/csw/share' is not in the search path

Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski maciej at opencsw.org
Tue Mar 9 18:34:56 CET 2010


On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski
> <maciej at opencsw.org> wrote:
>>>...
>>> well, however it happens,  we should patch update-mime-database to not
>>> look under /usr/local - that's just a bad idea all 'round.
>>
>> There's also the question whether patching update-mime-database.c will
>> have any effect on the client applications.  Chances are, there will
>> be none.
>>
>
> true. but its still a bug that needs to be fixed.

Yes.  I think the /usr/local value hardcoded in update-mime-database.c
only affects the warning message displayed to the screen; it's good to
patch it so it's in sync with what the applications are doing.


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