Ubuntu
xdg-utils package

xdg-mime overwrite symlinks

Bug #1614636 reported by teto
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Bug Description

I have my dotfiles in a separate folder and I symlink some files, for instance ~/.config/mimeapps.list .

At first it appears as a symlink, then I run the following command:
"xdg-mime default qutebrowser.desktop text/html"
and the symlink gets overwritten as its own file.

I am using Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The issue should be sent to the upstream bug tracker on the freedesktop website

Changed in xdg-utils (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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teto (teto) wrote :

The issue is upstream so you can close this https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98413. I sent a patch a year ago. Still no answer :(

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