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kde-cli-tools package

kmimetypefinder5 *.html reports wrong type

Bug #1896682 reported by Alex A. D. on 2020-09-22

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1890716: misidentifies .html file as Perl script when it contains JavaScript "use strict". Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	kde-cli-tools (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

# Test case:
Run the following to reproude the issue in bash/shell/zsh:

> $ tee "index.html" <<eol
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><body>use strict</body></html>
eol

> $ xdg-mime query filetype index.html # => `application/x-perl`- WRONG type
> $ kmimetypefinder5 index.html # => `application/x-perl`

# Environment:
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)"

kde-cli-tools/focal,now 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
kde-cli-tools-data/focal,focal,now 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu1 all [installed,automatic]

# Previous reports:
I previously reported this bug in wrong place. I figured that it should be moved after running
> $ XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL=1 xdg-mime ...
as it was saggested by another user.
Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shared-mime-info/+bug/1890716

Related bug concerning *.py files: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shared-mime-info/+bug/1890716

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