[Portland-bugs] [Bug 35794] New: Don't overwrite a /usr/share/applications/defaults.list symlink

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35794

           Summary: Don't overwrite a
                    /usr/share/applications/defaults.list symlink
           Product: Portland
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: xdg-utils
        AssignedTo: portland-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: martin.pitt at ubuntu.com


Original bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703106

Debian's and Ubuntu's desktop-file-utils package creates
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list as a symlink to /etc/gnome/defaults.list.
Unfortunately, the xdg-update-menu program, when called to install a .desktop
file with new mime types, overwrites this symlink with a file. It does this by
reading the defaults.list, writing to a temporary file, making edits, then
copying it back. it doesn't notice if the defaults.list file is a symlink, and
overwrites it with a file.

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