in fact the script doesn't seem to used shared-mime-info $ XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL=1 xdg-mime query filetype index.html Running mimetype --brief --dereference "/tmp/index.html" text/html
could you try to use the command with the same environement variable and share the output? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to shared-mime-info in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1890716 Title: xdg-mime query filetype index.html reports wrong type Status in shared-mime-info package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: For .html files `xdg-mime` reports wrong type. The culprit is the `"use strict"` phrase which is used in JavaScript. It should not mistake .html files for anything else except of text/html ! STEPS TO REPRODUCE: Run the following step by step in any folder: 1. $ echo "\"use strict\"" > index.html 2. $ xdg-mime query filetype index.html # -> application/x-perl - this should be text/html! Platform: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)" Linux version 5.4.0-42-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-038) (gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2)) xdg-utils: 1.1.3-2ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shared-mime-info/+bug/1890716/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
