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Title: kmimetypefinder5 misidentifies mimetype of python files containing certain strings Status in shared-mime-info package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Expected behavior: $ kmimetypefinder5 example.py text/x-python3 or $ kmimetypefinder5 example.py text/x-python or $ kmimetypefinder5 example.py text/plain Actual behavior: $ kmimetypefinder5 example.py application/xhtml+xml Summary: Python scripts with a string containing HTML can be misidentified as HTML files by kmimetypefinder5. For example, this python script is identified as "application/xhtml+xml": #! /usr/bin/env python3 example_string = \ """\ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Example title</title> </head> <body> <p>Example body</p> </body> </html> """ print('Hello, world!') This difficulty is not shared by other mimetype identification tools. $ kmimetypefinder5 example.py application/xhtml+xml $ cat example2.py #! /usr/bin/env python3 print('Hello, world!') $ kmimetypefinder5 example2.py text/x-python3 $ mimetype 'example.py' example.py: text/x-python $ mimetype 'example2.py' example2.py: text/x-python $ file --mime-type 'example.py' example.py: text/plain $ file --mime-type 'example2.py' example2.py: text/plain $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Release: 18.04 $ apt-cache policy kde-cli-tools kde-cli-tools: Installed: 4:5.12.8-0ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 4:5.12.8-0ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 4:5.12.8-0ubuntu0.1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 4:5.12.4-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: kde-cli-tools 4:5.12.8-0ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-72.81-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-72-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sun Dec 29 13:28:37 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-12 (381 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) SourcePackage: kde-cli-tools UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shared-mime-info/+bug/1857824/+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