Re: mailcap error

["Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> I get the following message when I install packages
> like xanim, imagemagic, etc:
> 
> Error: '/etc/mailcap' is not in required format
> 
> What is wrong?

In order for mime-support to work, it requires a specific format of
the mailcap file.  I suggest you re-install mime-support and make sure
the distributed /etc/mailcap file gets put into place.

I'll make that error message a little more informative.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )
                                             
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