On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:01:01 -0700 (PDT)
Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@...> wrote:

> > I looked in /usr/sbin/update-mime. It allows local
> > customization using /etc/update-mime.conf. The problem is that it is
> > expected to file only - not folder. Potentially, such a collision can occur
> > if the user will have its own configuration.
> > 
> > The second thing is that some files are in /opt/trinity/lib/mime/packages -
> > for example kate-trinity, konqueror-trinity, kdfp-trinity),
> > and some are in /usr/lib/mime/packages - for example kedit-trinity,
> > ktnef-trinity.
> > 
> > The location should therefore be united. And the question is
> > whether will be easier to use system location /usr/lib/mime or juggle the
> > configuration for location in /opt/trinity/lib/mime?
> 
> I don't use Chromium. Are there other apps that can help test this problem?
> 
> Second, is this a bug with update-mime more than Trinity? Or a Chromium problem?
> 
> Third, how do we build packages such that parts are installed in /usr and parts in /opt/trinity?

Fourth, is this distro-specific?  My system has neither update-mime nor /usr/lib/mime,
suggesting that this utility is not universal.