Conversely, what can be corrected is the absence of programs that
declare that they handle application/x-debian-package. I see that for
instance "MimeType=application/x-deb;application/x-debian-package;" in
/usr/share/applications/gdebi.desktop.
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I have now changed the configuration of the OpenPrinting web server to
use application/x-deb as mime type for Debian packages, by modifying
/etc/mime.types and restarting Apache. Note that the OpenPrinting web
server runs Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS. I have checked Natty and there
/etc/mime.types has still a
Ok, I just confirmed this by attaching the file to this bug report and
setting the mimetype to application/x-deb, and this works :)
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Milestone: ubuntu-11.04 => natty-updates
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** Attachment added:
"openprinting-ppds-postscript-lanier_20110330-1lsb3.2_all.deb"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/760644/+attachment/2039722/+files/openprinting-ppds-postscript-lanier_20110330-1lsb3.2_all.deb
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So, what is happening here is that the mimetype of the attachment is
application/x-debian-package, which isn't a registered mimetype
according to glib. In this case, FIrefox is meant to fallback to looking
up via extension type (and it does correctly map the .deb extension to
application/x-deb, whi
I bet if the mimetype of the deb file according to the server was
application/x-deb, then it would work :)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760644
Title:
Default handler lookup by exten
