Sorry, spoke too soon : I cannot reproduce it with http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.5.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb where the server sends the wrong mime type (text/plain)
But I can reproduce it with http://pidgin- facebookchat.googlecode.com/files/pidgin-facebookchat-1.47.deb where the server sends the mime type application/x-archive application/x-debian- package I think part of the problem comes from the fact that firefox is very bad at handling external applications. It first uses it's own hardcoded database of extensions->mimetype, then uses mimeTypes.rdf, then at last uses the system's mime associations. I don't understand why it doesn't simply uses the system's extensions and mime associations... -- .deb association with gdebi doesn't work in firefox https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280623 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
