Bug Fix Advisory shared-mime-info bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0015-4
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-05-21
Last updated on: 2008-05-21
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated shared-mime-info package that corrects the default file
associations for certain video formats is now available.

This is the freedesktop.org shared MIME info database.

Many programs and desktops use the MIME system to represent the types of
files. Frequently, it is necessary to work out the correct MIME type for a
file. This is generally done by examining the file's name or contents, and
looking up the correct MIME type in a database.

This updated package fixes the following bug:

* The Totem media player was registered as the default handler for MIME
types which it was not able to play in its default configuration. The GConf
configuration system is now aware of which MIME types Totem is able to
handle, and which ones are better handled by, for example, RealPlayer.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
shared-mime-info-0.19-5.el5.src.rpm     0f75689fd38f367eec58fb111f5396d8
 
IA-32:
shared-mime-info-0.19-5.el5.i386.rpm     00568ee057a8e4e92215a8e686d2ed23
 
IA-64:
shared-mime-info-0.19-5.el5.ia64.rpm     05147d5c95c9448e47ed5782b18b9ccd
 
PPC:
shared-mime-info-0.19-5.el5.ppc.rpm     3124c0b7ea356b5003d7cfba57343535
 
s390x:
shared-mime-info-0.19-5.el5.s390x.rpm     3f7b82d730aee87c8602f6ca25aff7f1
 
x86_64:
shared-mime-info-0.19-5.el5.x86_64.rpm     134e8847da2094518a17803303e76730
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
shared-mime-info-0.19-5.el5.src.rpm     0f75689fd38f367eec58fb111f5396d8
 
IA-32:
shared-mime-info-0.19-5.el5.i386.rpm     00568ee057a8e4e92215a8e686d2ed23
 
x86_64:
shared-mime-info-0.19-5.el5.x86_64.rpm     134e8847da2094518a17803303e76730
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

250980 - Totem is in defaults.list as the default player for realvideo even though it cannot play rtsp streams



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