Public bug reported: In <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1379417> I reported a Firefox bug that appears to be due at least in part to /etc/mime.types missing a line for .lz files. To reproduce the problem:
1. Run Mozilla Firefox 54.0 on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS x86-64. 2. Visit https://www.iana.org/time-zones 3. Click on "tzdb-2017b.tar.lz" link for "Complete Distribution (Data, Code and Extras)" A popup appears, saying "You have chosen to open tzdb-2017b.tar.lz which is: Lzip archive from: https://www.iana.org. Would you like to save this file?" What I expected is that the popup should give me the opportunity to run an archiving program, just as is done for https://www.iana.org /time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2017b.tar.gz (referenced on the same page). Apparently part of the problem is that /etc/mime.types contains entries for .gz but not for .lz. Could you please fix that? If I add the following line: application/x-lzip lz to ~/.mime-types, I do get a popup that suggests file-roller, which is an improvement (though still not as good as .gz). So I suggest adding such a line to /etc/mime.types. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: mime-support 3.59ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Jul 9 11:56:57 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-23 (441 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: mime-support UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: mime-support (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1703238 Title: Firefox mishandles .lz; /etc/mime.types lacks lz line To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mime-support/+bug/1703238/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
