[Fedora-packaging] MimeType error in desktop file

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Mon Feb 9 21:43:13 UTC 2009


Eric Tanguy wrote:
> Building a package for rawhide i obtain this error :
> /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/scidavis-0.1.4-1.fc11.i386/usr/share/applications/fedora-scidavis.desktop: 
> error: value "application/x-sciprj;;" for key "MimeType" in group 
> "Desktop Entry" contains value "" which does not look like a MIME type
> Someone could explain where the problem come from and how to solve it ?

Looks like it has
MimeType=application/x-sciprj;;
which is one too many semi colons.

-- Rex




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