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The mimedb application will hang when it encounters a certain type of XML mime file. Here's an example of a file that screws up mimedb on the latest release of fish: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mime-type xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info"; type="application/x-ruby"> <!--Created automatically by update-mime-database. DO NOT EDIT!--> <sub-class-of type="application/x-executable"/> <sub-class-of type="text/plain"/> <comment xml:lang="en_GB">Ruby script</comment> <comment>Ruby XML Template</comment> </mime-type> If I were to save that under /usr/share/mime/application/x-ruby.xml, and then run "mimedb -d .rb", the task would hang. The problem seems to be the ending <comment>, which doesn't have a xml:lang attribute. If this comment is removed, or if the language-less comment is placed *before* the en_GB comment, then everything's fine. I'd guess it's a problem with the regular expressions in mimedb.c -- James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
