Gnome does not respect defaults.list hierarchy
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-vfs (Ubuntu) |
New
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Gnome maintains three files to choose which program is associated with each mime type:
$HOME/local/
/usr/local/
/usr/share/
According to the System Administraion Guide, Section 5, the precedence hierarchy should be as above - the local versions taking priority over system-wide settings.
As this discussion explains to depth, this is not the case:
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For instance, specifying in the Properties dialog of an pdf file that it should open with Adobe Reader works, but it does not work when pressing a pdf file in Firefox' download windows (Evince opens). The only way to change this, is by changing the file /usr/local/
The assigned package above is probably wrong, though...
thank you for your bug report. what ubuntu version do you use? is the issue specific to firefox? seems to be a firefox bug