Mime problem in chemical-mime-data

[Matthias Klumpp]

Binary package hint: chemical-mime-data

A lot of package postinst scripts display the following error
messages:

Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-alchemy'
Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cache'
[many more...]

because they execute this command:

  update-mime-database /usr/share/mime

I believe that chemical-mime-data is responsible for this.

This is annoying because it pollutes my terminal when I upgrade
packages.

[Daniel Leidert (dleidert-deactivatedaccount)]

Read my comment in the Debian BTS.

If you don't know or understand what c-m-d does/is, then please remove it instead to send a pretty senseless bug report!

[Matthias Mailänder (mailaender)]

If a removal script of a package runs "update-mime-data /usr/share/mime" and you have chemical-mime-data installed, you can't completely remove the package, see Bug #290621

[Daniel Leidert (dleidert-deactivatedaccount)]

This is wrong! These are warnings and do not lead to a failing update-mime-database.

[Daniel Leidert (dleidert-deactivatedaccount)]

The problem in Bug #290621 is, that output by update-mime-database is given to debconf and this leads to an "unknown command" error by debconf. It is currently discussed.

[A. Denton (aquina)]

I don't want to file a new bug report so I'm gonna post here what I have.

Executing "/usr/lib/kde4/bin/kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental" puts out some warnings...

kbuildsycoca4 running...
kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in "/usr/share/mime/text/x-boo.xml"
kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in "/usr/share/mime/text/x-ksysv-log.xml"
kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in "/usr/share/mime/text/x-nemerle.xml"
kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in "/usr/share/mime/text/x-msil.xml"
kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in "/usr/share/mime/text/x-js.xml"
kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in "/usr/share/mime/text/x-vb.xml"

etc.

I think someone should have a look at that.

[Egon Willighagen (egonw)]

Dear Aquina,

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Aquina<email address hidden> wrote:
> I don't want to file a new bug report so I'm gonna post here what I
> have.
>
> Executing "/usr/lib/kde4/bin/kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental" puts out
> some warnings...
>
> kbuildsycoca4 running...
> kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in  "/usr/share/mime/text/x-boo.xml"
> kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in  "/usr/share/mime/text/x-ksysv-log.xml"
> kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in  "/usr/share/mime/text/x-nemerle.xml"
> kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in  "/usr/share/mime/text/x-msil.xml"
> kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in  "/usr/share/mime/text/x-js.xml"
> kbuildsycoca4(16860) KBuildMimeTypeFactory::createEntry: Missing <comment> field in  "/usr/share/mime/text/x-vb.xml"

These are not chemical mime types, which start with chemical/.

Please do file a new bug report, as it does not apply to the
chemical-mime package.

Kind regards,

Egon

--
Post-doc @ Uppsala University
http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/

[A. Denton (aquina)]

Yes, I know. I realize! Nevertheless it's realted and I won't open a new bug report just for some warnings. The problem lies in "/usr/share/mime", I posted it in here and hope someone will handle that (autor, motu, etc.).

- Aquina

[Matthias Klumpp (ximion)]

Daniel Leidert wrote on 2008-04-16:
>> If you don't know or understand what c-m-d does/is, then please remove it instead to send a pretty senseless bug report! <<
Ehm... I have not commited the bug for Debian, and I know what chemical-mime-data does. I will try to commit a patch for this soon.

[Matthias Klumpp (ximion)]

This can only be fixed if chemical/ registered with IANA... So the bug report is invalid, sorry I've not looked at the Debian bug. (I better had...)