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

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

--- Comment #2 from Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> 2011-03-30 09:35:38 PDT ---
I'm working on fixing mime handling, and part of that involves making xdg-utils
not touch defaults.list at all, but apply modifications to mimeapps.list
instead.

See also,
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/mime-actions-spec

In particular,
"However, note that the next section provides another solution for ISV
applications which want to ensure they become the default application after
being installed: they can edit [or create] the global mimeapps.list file in
/usr/share/applications. This is also a solution for system administrators who
wish to set up a default application ordering for their users."

That said, the same issue would apply to mimeapps.list too I suppose, so thanks
for the patch.

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