Bug#4720: metamail -- show* shouldn't be necessary
Brian C. White writes:
>
> Package: metamail
> Version: 2.7-8
>
> Metamail installs several entries into /etc/mailcap that really should not
> be there.
Why?
> At the very least, these should not be included:
>
> image/*; showpicture -viewer xv %s
> image/*; showpicture -viewer "xloadimage -view -quiet" %s
>
> These should be installed by the packages that provide the "xloadimage" and
> "xv" programs. "showpicture" isn't needed at all.
Not exactly. xv/xloadimage should include something like
image/*; xv %s; description=All Graphic Images
image/*; xloadimage -view -quiet %s; description=All Graphic Images
showpicture can execute whatever program you have in X_VIEWER. However, I do
agree that it won't work correctly (that is the environment variable is
overwritten). I have to change that. How about this one:
image/*; showpicture %s
> Unless "showaudio" actually plays audio samples, it probably shouldn't be
> there, either.
Yup, I have to agree. Is it possible to add the entry as a comment? Just so
the user could see how it should be.
Michael
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