Bug#758842: xdg-open reads entire file ie. is slow

Package: xdg-utils Version: 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.1 Followup-For: Bug #758842 Dear maintainer, xdg-open is broken, and using it for big files effectively makes xdg-open unusable for generic case (ie. no DE). There is also **security issue** since xdg-open could be manipulated to run any execut

Bug#758842: xdg-open reads entire file ie. is slow

Package: xdg-utils Version: 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.1 Xdg-open reads the entire file while determining the program to open it with. This may take a long time if the file is large or on a slow medium. I use fluxbox and therefore xdg-open uses open_generic_xdg_mime(). The for loop (L539) is run