In a message of Wed, 12 May 2021 10:12:06 +0100, Ralph Corderoy writes: >Hi Laura, > >> Manjaro is based on Arch linux, > >Yep. > >> and Arch linux is based on debian. > >No, I don't think so. I run Arch Linux here and one key reason is it >packages upstream releases directly without much tinkering or delay by >doing a ‘rolling’ release, unlike Debian which has a comprehensive set >of patches and a periodic release schedule. > >> My debian distro looks for such things in /etc/mailcap. I'd look >> there first. > >However, I have one of those, owned by the mailcap package. :-)
I think I could have phrased that better. What I meant by 'based on debian' was historically, and to do with filesystem layouts and the like -- as opposed to 'based on SuSe or based on RedHat', not dependent on the technical and political machinations of the debian community. Also .deb files just install on Arch, no? (been a long time since I had one.) At any rate whenever I have the sort of problem that Steven mentioned, I just add a line to /etc/mailcap telling it how I want to process the new thing I am being sent. But other distros keep this stuff other places. Laura
