[Bug 309778] [NEW] KDE always associates *.jar with the zip mime type

[Andrew]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: krusader

Krusader, dolphin and other KDE applications incorrectly map the
application/x-jar mime type. Gnome and XFCE and other non-KDE
applications correctly interpret *.jar as application/x-jar, but not
KDE.

I have followed all of the KDE instructions including:
http://www.krusader.org/handbook/faq_usage.html#faqu_jar
http://www.krusader.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=9166

And have scoured my mimelnk and other *.desktop files and have verified
that *.jar is only associated with Java and never zip. KDE incorrectly
treats *.jar as application/zip anyways.

I have verified that krusader has no jar or java-archive or any thing
else in the karc protocol and have verified that *.jar is mapped
correctly under the KDE4 system settings application (file mapping).

KDE still stubbornly treats *.jar as a zip file. As a result I cannot
launch java applications packaged as jar files without running it by
hand.

I have exhausted google and all other resources, no one has replied to
my launchpad question
(https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/51806) in over a month
and have come to the conclusion that it is probably a bug.

Versions:
xubuntu intrepid
krusader 2.0~svn6078-1ubuntu1
dolphin 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1
systemsettings 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1
kdebase-data 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1

Sorry if it is not a bug, but I just cannot find any reason why KDE
would map *.jar as a zip file.

** Affects: dolphin (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: krusader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: dolphin (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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KDE always associates *.jar with the zip mime type
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