defaults.list is ignored

Bug #1324737 reported by Removed by request
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Bug Description

I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 dev with libglib2.0-0 2.41.0-1 and pcmanfm 1.2.0-1 and after upgrading libglib2.0-0 from version 2.40.x I'm noticing that the order in my context menu has changed. Here is a testcase:

/usr/local/share/applications/defaults.list contains:

[Default Applications]
text/plain=SciTE.desktop;

/usr/local/share/applications/test.desktop contains:

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=true
MimeType=text/plain;
Name=Test
NoDisplay=true
Type=Application

On executing "update-desktop-database" /usr/local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache is created and contains:

[MIME Cache]
text/plain=test.desktop;

With libglib2.0-0 2.40.x SciTE will be at the first position of the context menu and Test on the second position. After upgrading libglib2.0-0 to version 2.41.0-1 Test will be at the first position of the context menu and SciTE on the second. It seems defaults.list is ignored or its ordering is not considered anymore.

Edit: I have now noticed that on a double click of a file the correct application will be started if it is registered in defaults.list while the context menu is still showing the wrong order.

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Removed by request (removed3425744) wrote :

Now I'm also noticing that some types are not associated correctly anymore. For example /usr/share/applications/defaults.list contains the entry "application/pdf=evince.desktop" and /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache contains the entry "application/pdf=gimp.desktop;evince-previewer.desktop;evince.desktop;" (both files are readable by my user) but on a double click on a PDF document evince is not started and the context menu doesn't even contain an entry for evince.

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Removed by request (removed3425744) wrote :

I have also created a bugreport on the PCManFM ( https://sourceforge.net/p/pcmanfm/bugs/880/ ) and GNOME ( https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=731636 ) tracker.

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