[Desktop-packages] [Bug 887331] Re: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files)
The issue should reported upstream on https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME /file-roller/issues -- 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/887331 Title: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files) Status in file-roller package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Given three files A, B and C, where A is a zip file (a.zip), B is an ePub file (b.epub) and C is an ODF Spreadsheet file (c.ods) ... All files have "Open With > Archive Manager" as a menu option in nautilus. This is likely due to the shared-mime-info database having the ePub and ODS mimetypes as . File A will open successfully, while files B and C report "Could not open 'A'" / "Archive type not supported". However, renaming B and C so they have a .zip extension will cause the files to be opened correctly. This is likely due to file-roller checking the filetype to load by extension, not magic. This is indeed the case as giving a text file a .zip extension causes file-roller to report "An error occurred while loading the archive" (End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Mon Nov 7 21:12:54 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/887331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 887331] Re: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files)
This bug is annoying. Please fix it. I am using 18.04 LTS and often need to open ODT files. -- 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/887331 Title: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files) Status in file-roller package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Given three files A, B and C, where A is a zip file (a.zip), B is an ePub file (b.epub) and C is an ODF Spreadsheet file (c.ods) ... All files have "Open With > Archive Manager" as a menu option in nautilus. This is likely due to the shared-mime-info database having the ePub and ODS mimetypes as . File A will open successfully, while files B and C report "Could not open 'A'" / "Archive type not supported". However, renaming B and C so they have a .zip extension will cause the files to be opened correctly. This is likely due to file-roller checking the filetype to load by extension, not magic. This is indeed the case as giving a text file a .zip extension causes file-roller to report "An error occurred while loading the archive" (End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Mon Nov 7 21:12:54 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/887331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 887331] Re: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files)
Bug still exists in 18.04 -- 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/887331 Title: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files) Status in file-roller package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Given three files A, B and C, where A is a zip file (a.zip), B is an ePub file (b.epub) and C is an ODF Spreadsheet file (c.ods) ... All files have "Open With > Archive Manager" as a menu option in nautilus. This is likely due to the shared-mime-info database having the ePub and ODS mimetypes as . File A will open successfully, while files B and C report "Could not open 'A'" / "Archive type not supported". However, renaming B and C so they have a .zip extension will cause the files to be opened correctly. This is likely due to file-roller checking the filetype to load by extension, not magic. This is indeed the case as giving a text file a .zip extension causes file-roller to report "An error occurred while loading the archive" (End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Mon Nov 7 21:12:54 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/887331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 887331] Re: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files)
Old bug, just tripped me up after upgrading to Ubuntu 17.10, now can't open a .epub file but I can open it via a link (ln -s xyz.epub xyz.tgz). -- 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/887331 Title: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files) Status in file-roller package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Given three files A, B and C, where A is a zip file (a.zip), B is an ePub file (b.epub) and C is an ODF Spreadsheet file (c.ods) ... All files have "Open With > Archive Manager" as a menu option in nautilus. This is likely due to the shared-mime-info database having the ePub and ODS mimetypes as . File A will open successfully, while files B and C report "Could not open 'A'" / "Archive type not supported". However, renaming B and C so they have a .zip extension will cause the files to be opened correctly. This is likely due to file-roller checking the filetype to load by extension, not magic. This is indeed the case as giving a text file a .zip extension causes file-roller to report "An error occurred while loading the archive" (End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Mon Nov 7 21:12:54 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/887331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 887331] Re: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files)
Forgot to mention before, ePubs are not opened EVEN IF I RENAME TO .ZIP!!! -- 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/887331 Title: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files) Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Given three files A, B and C, where A is a zip file (a.zip), B is an ePub file (b.epub) and C is an ODF Spreadsheet file (c.ods) ... All files have Open With Archive Manager as a menu option in nautilus. This is likely due to the shared-mime-info database having the ePub and ODS mimetypes as sub-class-of type=application/zip/. File A will open successfully, while files B and C report Could not open 'A' / Archive type not supported. However, renaming B and C so they have a .zip extension will cause the files to be opened correctly. This is likely due to file-roller checking the filetype to load by extension, not magic. This is indeed the case as giving a text file a .zip extension causes file-roller to report An error occurred while loading the archive (End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Mon Nov 7 21:12:54 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/887331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 887331] Re: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files)
I have both File Roller and Engrampa Archive Manager installed, as I have both the Unity and Mate desktops installed. File Roller dos not open ePubs, Engrampa does. Maybe you should talk to the people at Mate. -- 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/887331 Title: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files) Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Given three files A, B and C, where A is a zip file (a.zip), B is an ePub file (b.epub) and C is an ODF Spreadsheet file (c.ods) ... All files have Open With Archive Manager as a menu option in nautilus. This is likely due to the shared-mime-info database having the ePub and ODS mimetypes as sub-class-of type=application/zip/. File A will open successfully, while files B and C report Could not open 'A' / Archive type not supported. However, renaming B and C so they have a .zip extension will cause the files to be opened correctly. This is likely due to file-roller checking the filetype to load by extension, not magic. This is indeed the case as giving a text file a .zip extension causes file-roller to report An error occurred while loading the archive (End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Mon Nov 7 21:12:54 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/887331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 887331] Re: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files)
There was a button for it, I removed the link to #26662 as duplicate. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 26662 using the filename to get the mimetype is not always correct -- 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/887331 Title: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files) Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Given three files A, B and C, where A is a zip file (a.zip), B is an ePub file (b.epub) and C is an ODF Spreadsheet file (c.ods) ... All files have Open With Archive Manager as a menu option in nautilus. This is likely due to the shared-mime-info database having the ePub and ODS mimetypes as sub-class-of type=application/zip/. File A will open successfully, while files B and C report Could not open 'A' / Archive type not supported. However, renaming B and C so they have a .zip extension will cause the files to be opened correctly. This is likely due to file-roller checking the filetype to load by extension, not magic. This is indeed the case as giving a text file a .zip extension causes file-roller to report An error occurred while loading the archive (End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Mon Nov 7 21:12:54 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/887331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 887331] Re: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files)
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 26662 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26662 No, when I read the #26662, I don't understand why with this bug would be a duplicate of #26662. In the present case, if one renames the .ods file to .zip, it works. It is only that File-Roller should have a look inside the file before rejecting it. -- 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/887331 Title: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files) Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Given three files A, B and C, where A is a zip file (a.zip), B is an ePub file (b.epub) and C is an ODF Spreadsheet file (c.ods) ... All files have Open With Archive Manager as a menu option in nautilus. This is likely due to the shared-mime-info database having the ePub and ODS mimetypes as sub-class-of type=application/zip/. File A will open successfully, while files B and C report Could not open 'A' / Archive type not supported. However, renaming B and C so they have a .zip extension will cause the files to be opened correctly. This is likely due to file-roller checking the filetype to load by extension, not magic. This is indeed the case as giving a text file a .zip extension causes file-roller to report An error occurred while loading the archive (End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Mon Nov 7 21:12:54 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/887331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 887331] Re: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files)
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 26662 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26662 Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- 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/887331 Title: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files) Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Given three files A, B and C, where A is a zip file (a.zip), B is an ePub file (b.epub) and C is an ODF Spreadsheet file (c.ods) ... All files have Open With Archive Manager as a menu option in nautilus. This is likely due to the shared-mime-info database having the ePub and ODS mimetypes as sub-class-of type=application/zip/. File A will open successfully, while files B and C report Could not open 'A' / Archive type not supported. However, renaming B and C so they have a .zip extension will cause the files to be opened correctly. This is likely due to file-roller checking the filetype to load by extension, not magic. This is indeed the case as giving a text file a .zip extension causes file-roller to report An error occurred while loading the archive (End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Mon Nov 7 21:12:54 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/887331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 887331] Re: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files)
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 26662 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26662 ** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 26662 using the filename to get the mimetype is not always correct -- 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/887331 Title: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files) Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Given three files A, B and C, where A is a zip file (a.zip), B is an ePub file (b.epub) and C is an ODF Spreadsheet file (c.ods) ... All files have Open With Archive Manager as a menu option in nautilus. This is likely due to the shared-mime-info database having the ePub and ODS mimetypes as sub-class-of type=application/zip/. File A will open successfully, while files B and C report Could not open 'A' / Archive type not supported. However, renaming B and C so they have a .zip extension will cause the files to be opened correctly. This is likely due to file-roller checking the filetype to load by extension, not magic. This is indeed the case as giving a text file a .zip extension causes file-roller to report An error occurred while loading the archive (End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Mon Nov 7 21:12:54 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/887331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 887331] Re: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files)
-- 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/887331 Title: file-roller cannot open filetypes with derived mimetypes (e.g. epub and ods files) Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Given three files A, B and C, where A is a zip file (a.zip), B is an ePub file (b.epub) and C is an ODF Spreadsheet file (c.ods) ... All files have Open With Archive Manager as a menu option in nautilus. This is likely due to the shared-mime-info database having the ePub and ODS mimetypes as sub-class-of type=application/zip/. File A will open successfully, while files B and C report Could not open 'A' / Archive type not supported. However, renaming B and C so they have a .zip extension will cause the files to be opened correctly. This is likely due to file-roller checking the filetype to load by extension, not magic. This is indeed the case as giving a text file a .zip extension causes file-roller to report An error occurred while loading the archive (End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Mon Nov 7 21:12:54 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/887331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
