Installing MIME type handlers

Christopher Aillon caillon at redhat.com
Mon Aug 16 18:41:59 UTC 2004


Ray Strode wrote:

>>What is the correct way to package a file that contains a MIME
>>handler?  Where should the .desktop file be shipped in the manifest,
>>and what should the package %post scriptlet look like?
>>    
>>
>So, the best way to do this is to just keep your %install section like
>it was originally (without the --rebuild-mime-info-cache option to
>desktop-file-install) and then put something like
>
>update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications
>
>in %post
>
Ok, I was misinformed at how to do this.  I've created new packages 
using update-desktop-database which should be available in tomorrow's push.

;-)

Chris





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