Re: Bug#101127: gnome-libs-data: /etc/mime-magic.dat

[Christian Marillat <marillat.christian@wanadoo.fr>]

>>>> "JG" == Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> writes:

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JG> Can I check if I've understood correctly.  What happens if I edit
JG> /etc/mime-magic; does /etc/mime-magic.dat get automatically recreated
JG> or do things break if I don't update it manually?  And how do I do the
JG> latter?

This file isn't automatically recreated, this is the sysadmin job to run
"gnome-gen-mimedb /etc/mime-magic", and this break nothing if this file
isn't up to date.

man gnome-gen-mimedb

Christian