Confirmed on feisty with file-roller 2.18.1-0ubuntu1.
According to an strace, file-roller opens the files
/usr/share/mime/{globs,magic,aliases,subclasses,mime.cache}, so
presumably it checks the mime type, but still refuses to open the 'mis-
named' archive, even though file(1) recognizes it as "gz
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been
reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.
** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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archive manager
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #126130
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126130
** Also affects: fileroller via
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126130
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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archive manager doesn't open mis-named archive
https://bugs.launc
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 127798 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/127798
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 127798
file roller can't recognize second of duplicate files
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archive manager doesn't open mis-named archive
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135222
You rec
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 127798 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/127798
** Changed in: fileroller
Status: Unknown => Confirmed
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archive manager doesn't open mis-named archive
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135222
You received this bug notification because you are a mem
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 26662 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26662
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 127798
file roller can't recognize second of duplicate files
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 26662
file-roller fails to open .Z files
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archiv