"KDE prefers magic matches over extension matches" -- definitely not true in general. We follow the spec exactly, which says that globs (extensions) are checked first for performance reason, and that magic is only used if no extension matched, or if more than one mimetype had that extension. And that is exactly the case here: KDE's kde.xml mimetype additions define *.doc for text/plain, because not all *.doc files are msword files. Examples from my kubuntu system: /usr/share/doc/texlive-latex-extra-doc/latex/vhistory/README.doc /usr/share/doc/cvs/contrib/intro.doc
So, yes, for .doc files, we have to rely on magic to determine if they are msword or plain text files. The magic for x-ole-storage (which msword derives from) is supposed to be triggered for msword .doc files, and the code can handle that case (the matching magic from msword's parent is used to disambiguate msword from text/plain). I see that shared-mime-info 0.50 added magic for msi files (freedesktop.org bug 16495). If you're saying that magic matches .doc files, then that magic is wrong I would think (not specific enough, just generic ole-storage magic). In that case, please consider replying to freedesktop.org bug 16495 to ask for the removal of this wrong magic. It would help if you had a sample .doc file that matched it :-) (if it's really small we could even use it for the shared-mime-info regression tests) This would explain why lowering the prio of x-msi to 49 fixes it, btw: the magic for x-ole-storage then hits first, and the one from x-msi is out of the way. I'm not sure why xdg-mime behaves differently though; I wonder if it implements the conflict resolution properly... I also wonder why it works here (it's even unit tested, see kdecore/tests/kmimetypetest.cpp:332-336 or look for "IANA" if the line numbers don't match). Ah... the data in the unit test is not big enough for the msi magic to match it. I see. -- icon for ms-word file *.doc is "?" instead of ooo-word https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285831 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase-runtime in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
