diff -Nru xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/changelog xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/changelog
--- xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/changelog	2011-04-08 13:14:45.000000000 -0700
+++ xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/changelog	2011-05-07 18:35:18.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+xdg-utils (1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu4) oneiric; urgency=low
+
+  * scripts/xdg-mime:
+   - Fix detectDE to detect LXDE.
+   - Create ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list when needed in
+     non-gnome/kde environments.
+
+  * scripts/xdg-email:
+   - Fix detectDE to detect LXDE.
+   - Added open_lxde shell function, used when LXDE detected.
+   - Added run_sylpheed function, used to call sylpheed (LP: 779156).
+
+ -- Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@fastmail.fm>  Sat, 07 May 2011 18:12:59 -0700
+
 xdg-utils (1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low
 
   * No-change rebuild to correct archive vs bzr tree delta:
diff -Nru xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/patches/debian-changes-1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu4 xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/patches/debian-changes-1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu4
--- xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/patches/debian-changes-1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu4	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/patches/debian-changes-1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu4	2011-05-07 18:35:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+Description: Upstream changes introduced in version 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu4
+ This patch has been created by dpkg-source during the package build.
+ Here's the last changelog entry, hopefully it gives details on why
+ those changes were made:
+ .
+ xdg-utils (1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu4) oneiric; urgency=low
+ .
+   * scripts/xdg-mime:
+    - Fix detectDE to detect LXDE.
+    - Create ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list when needed in
+      non-gnome/kde environments.
+ .
+   * scripts/xdg-email:
+    - Fix detectDE to detect LXDE.
+    - Added open_lxde shell function, used when LXDE detected.
+    - Added run_sylpheed function, used to call sylpheed (LP: 779156).
+ .
+ The person named in the Author field signed this changelog entry.
+Author: Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@fastmail.fm>
+
+---
+The information above should follow the Patch Tagging Guidelines, please
+checkout http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ to learn about the format. Here
+are templates for supplementary fields that you might want to add:
+
+Origin: <vendor|upstream|other>, <url of original patch>
+Bug: <url in upstream bugtracker>
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/<bugnumber>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/<bugnumber>
+Forwarded: <no|not-needed|url proving that it has been forwarded>
+Reviewed-By: <name and email of someone who approved the patch>
+Last-Update: <YYYY-MM-DD>
+
+--- xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1.orig/scripts/xdg-mime
++++ xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/scripts/xdg-mime
+@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ detectDE()
+     elif `dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.GetNameOwner string:org.gnome.SessionManager > /dev/null 2>&1` ; then DE=gnome;
+     elif xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE 2> /dev/null | grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce;
+     elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" = x"LXDE" ]; then DE=lxde;
++    elif [ x"XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" = x"LXDE" ]; then DE=lxde;
+     else DE=""
+     fi
+ }
+@@ -670,6 +671,8 @@ make_default_generic()
+     default_file="$xdg_user_dir/applications/mimeapps.list"
+     DEBUG 2 "make_default_generic $1 $2"
+     DEBUG 1 "Updating $default_file"
++    mkdir -p `dirname "$default_file"`
++    touch "$default_file"
+     awk -v mimetype="$2" -v application="$1" '
+     BEGIN {
+         prefix=mimetype "="
+--- xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1.orig/scripts/xdg-email
++++ xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/scripts/xdg-email
+@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ desktop_file_to_binary()
+         file="$dir/applications/$desktop"
+         [ -r "$file" ] || continue
+         # Remove any arguments (%F, %f, %U, %u, etc.).
+-        command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | first_word`"
++        command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed -e 's/ .*$//'`"
+         command="`which "$command"`"
+         readlink -f "$command"
+         return
+@@ -380,11 +380,13 @@ detectDE()
+     elif `dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.GetNameOwner string:org.gnome.SessionManager > /dev/null 2>&1` ; then DE=gnome;
+     elif xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE 2> /dev/null | grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce;
+     elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" = x"LXDE" ]; then DE=lxde;
++    elif [ x"$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" = x"LXDE" ]; then DE=lxde;
+     elif [ -r ~/.muttrc ] && which mutt > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ 	DE=envvar
+ 	MAILER="x-terminal-emulator -e mutt"
+     else DE=""
+     fi
++    DEBUG 2 "DE is \"$DE\""
+ }
+ 
+ #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@@ -456,6 +458,17 @@ run_thunderbird()
+     fi
+ }
+ 
++run_sylpheed()
++{
++    DEBUG 1 "Running $1 --compose \"$2\""
++    "$1" --compose "$2"
++    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
++        exit_success
++    else
++        exit_failure_operation_failed
++    fi
++}
++
+ open_kde()
+ {
+     local client kde_email_profile_name
+@@ -550,6 +563,39 @@ open_envvar()
+     exit_failure_operation_failed
+ }
+ 
++open_lxde()
++{
++    DEBUG 3 "Running open_lxde \"$1\""
++
++    local client
++    local desktop
++    desktop=`xdg-mime query default "x-scheme-handler/mailto"`
++    client=`desktop_file_to_binary "$desktop"`
++
++    # If no xdg-mime default was set, 
++    #   and if we are running Lubuntu, fallback to sylpheed
++    if [ -z "$desktop" -a "$DESKTOP_SESSION" = "Lubuntu" ]; then
++        client=`desktop_file_to_binary "sylpheed.desktop"`
++    fi
++
++    echo $client | grep thunderbird > /dev/null 2>&1
++    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
++        run_thunderbird "$client" "$1"
++    fi
++
++    echo $client | grep sylpheed > /dev/null 2>&1
++    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
++        DEBUG 3 "Running run_sylpheed \"$client\" \"$1\""
++        run_sylpheed "$client" "$1"
++    fi
++
++    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
++        exit_success
++    else
++        exit_failure_operation_failed
++    fi
++}
++
+ open_generic()
+ {
+     IFS=":"
+@@ -761,7 +807,11 @@ case "$DE" in
+     open_xfce "${mailto}"
+     ;;
+ 
+-    generic|lxde)
++    lxde)
++    open_lxde "${mailto}"
++    ;;
++
++    generic)
+     open_generic "${mailto}"
+     ;;
+ 
diff -Nru xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/patches/series xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/patches/series
--- xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/patches/series	2011-04-08 01:46:55.000000000 -0700
+++ xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc1/debian/patches/series	2011-05-07 18:31:18.000000000 -0700
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 xdg-open-printf.diff
 xdg-update-menu-caonicalize-defaults.list.diff
 gnome-3.0.diff
+debian-changes-1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu4