This bug still exists... try the following: touch a.b tar -cf aTarFile a.b
Now you have a "tar"-file. Trying to open it in file-roller will produce an error. file aTarFile > aTarFile: POSIX tar archive (GNU) Renaming the archive to any uncompressable file-type (like *.zip, *.lzma, *.7z, ... or just *.tar) will give you a file which can now be opened by file-roller, even though this is "just" a tar-file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26662 Title: using the filename to get the mimetype is not always correct Status in File Roller: Confirmed Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: When opening a file with the extension .z file-roller checks for the presence of the compress and uncompress binaries. A normal Ubuntu includes uncompress via gzip, but not compress. When file-roller can't locate compress, it refuses to open the .z file even though it is capable of uncompressing it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/file-roller/+bug/26662/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
