On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 01:44:01PM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote: > On 2014-09-14 13:28, Yann Dirson wrote: > >On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:12:41AM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>first of all, the behaviour of update-mime-database is correct: it > >>deletes files in *generated* directories. > >> > >>Yes, the various application, audio, text, subdirectories under > >>/usr/share/mime are business of update-mime-database, where it places > >>the XML mimetypes generated from the XML definitions in > >>/usr/share/mime/packages. It is exactly in this directory where > >>applications should install XML definitions of mime types to have them > >>registered in the XDG mime type system. > >>Installing stuff directly to e.g. /usr/share/mime/text is like > >>installing to, say, /var/cache (i.e., you shouldn't). > >> > >>Furthermore, qgo is installing wrong things, and I will send the > >>proper explanation and fix to #749582. > >> > >>This is not a bug in shared-mime-info, hence closing. > > > >Ah, that's interesting. But then: > > > >* why are those directories in /usr/ and not in /var/ in the first > > place ? Isn't this part of the shared-mime-info spec against the > > spirit of the FHS ? > > Possibly, although changing at this point is not exactly an easy > task.
Well, if it's just a cache, there should not be too much problems, I guess. If any of this has to be used externally (ie. has been made part of an official API), then probably symlinks to /var would have to be generated for some transition period - but we've been through a number of more disruptive transitions, I'd say :) > >* if it is deemed the right place for generated files, then we > > surely want a lintian check to spot the problem early > > Feel free to file a wishlist bug for lintian. Done. > >* the update-mime-database manpage is quite terse, and does not > > explain that different parts of MIME-DIR have different roles. > > It is awkward to have to read the spec to get such important > > information > > I guess you are referring to the update-mime-database man page, right? > This seems just specific to the tool itself, so IMHO what it lacks is > pointers to the specifications. > Another option would be having the specifications themselves as man > page. > > -- > Pino Toscano -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
