582525 - [Linux] openSUSE rpm for Firefox registers wrong MIME-type

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Hendrik Maryns]

After install of latest FF via openSUSE rpm, I got an error message saying FF wanted to register an obsolete MIME type: x-directory, and that a newer one should be used.

# zypper in -f MozillaFirefox
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Forcing installation of 'MozillaFirefox-3.6.6-1.2.i586' from repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Oss'.
Resolving package dependencies...

The following package is going to be reinstalled:
  MozillaFirefox 

1 package to reinstall.
Overall download size: 855.0 KiB. No additional space will be used or freed after the operation.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): 
Retrieving package MozillaFirefox-3.6.6-1.2.i586 (1/1), 855.0 KiB (3.4 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: MozillaFirefox-3.6.6-1.2.i586.rpm [done (790.5 KiB/s)]
Installing: MozillaFirefox-3.6.6-1.2 [done]
Additional rpm output:
Warning in file "/usr/share/applications/nautilus-folder-handler.desktop": usage of MIME type "x-directory/gnome-default-handler" is discouraged ("x-directory" is an old media type that should be replaced with a modern equivalent)
Warning in file "/usr/share/applications/nautilus-folder-handler.desktop": usage of MIME type "x-directory/normal" is discouraged ("x-directory" is an old media type that should be replaced with a modern equivalent)

Comment 1

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

That error is from the package manager and is regarding the package from the openSUSE rpm which is not maintained by Mozilla. To get this fixed you'll need to notify the maintainers of the rpm.

Comment 2

[Hendrik Maryns]

Alright: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626244

Comment 3

[Wolfgang Rosenauer [:wolfiR]]

Just to clarify it here that this is not an issue within the Firefox distribution at all. All the warnings are about another package.