On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 05:41:01AM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > It would seem that which application is used to handle files of a particular > MIME type (for instance, to open HTML attachments in mutt) is decided by > what order they were installed in. I just reinstalled Konqueror, and now > Konqueror is used to open any HTML file. Before that it was Mozilla. Thing > is, I had manually edited /etc/mailcap to put links nearest the top -- but > that only lasted until the next time apt upgraded a browser, then THAT > browser moved above it in the list and took over. > > Shouldn't overriding a user preference like that at least require > confirmation from the user? Am I missing something, or could this be > reported as a bug against apt?
See the man page for mailcap.order(5). -- "At a scheduled time, the robot would pull the flush lever and scream as it got sucked down the drain." --Kibo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
