[Bug 1703238] [NEW] Firefox mishandles .lz; /etc/mime.types lacks lz line
Paul Eggert
1703238 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sun Jul 9 19:05:34 UTC 2017
Public bug reported:
In <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1379417> I reported a
Firefox bug that appears to be due at least in part to /etc/mime.types
missing a line for .lz files. To reproduce the problem:
1. Run Mozilla Firefox 54.0 on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS x86-64.
2. Visit https://www.iana.org/time-zones
3. Click on "tzdb-2017b.tar.lz" link for "Complete Distribution (Data,
Code and Extras)"
A popup appears, saying "You have chosen to open tzdb-2017b.tar.lz which
is: Lzip archive from: https://www.iana.org. Would you like to save this
file?" What I expected is that the popup should give me the opportunity
to run an archiving program, just as is done for https://www.iana.org
/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2017b.tar.gz (referenced on the
same page).
Apparently part of the problem is that /etc/mime.types contains entries
for .gz but not for .lz. Could you please fix that? If I add the
following line:
application/x-lzip lz
to ~/.mime-types, I do get a popup that suggests file-roller, which is
an improvement (though still not as good as .gz). So I suggest adding
such a line to /etc/mime.types.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mime-support 3.59ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Jul 9 11:56:57 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-23 (441 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mime-support
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: mime-support (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial
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Title:
Firefox mishandles .lz; /etc/mime.types lacks lz line
Status in mime-support package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
In <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1379417> I reported a
Firefox bug that appears to be due at least in part to /etc/mime.types
missing a line for .lz files. To reproduce the problem:
1. Run Mozilla Firefox 54.0 on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS x86-64.
2. Visit https://www.iana.org/time-zones
3. Click on "tzdb-2017b.tar.lz" link for "Complete Distribution (Data,
Code and Extras)"
A popup appears, saying "You have chosen to open tzdb-2017b.tar.lz
which is: Lzip archive from: https://www.iana.org. Would you like to
save this file?" What I expected is that the popup should give me the
opportunity to run an archiving program, just as is done for
https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2017b.tar.gz
(referenced on the same page).
Apparently part of the problem is that /etc/mime.types contains
entries for .gz but not for .lz. Could you please fix that? If I add
the following line:
application/x-lzip lz
to ~/.mime-types, I do get a popup that suggests file-roller, which is
an improvement (though still not as good as .gz). So I suggest adding
such a line to /etc/mime.types.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mime-support 3.59ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Jul 9 11:56:57 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-23 (441 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mime-support
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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