xdg-update-menu overwrites the /usr/share/applications/defaults.list symlink with a file.

Thanks for reporting this issue, and attaching a patch.

Could you please file a bug for this in the upstream project's bug tracker: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/
(File it under "Portland")

Once the upstream bug has been filed, we can proceed to get this fixed in Ubuntu. Thanks!

I created a git formatted patch against upstream master and forwarded it to upstream. Thanks!

Fixed natty package uploaded, will be accepted after beta-1 freeze. Thanks!

Patch was applied upstream now.

This bug was fixed in the package xdg-utils - 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu1

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xdg-utils (1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  [ Martin Pitt ]
  * Add xdg-update-menu-caonicalize-defaults.list.diff: Don't overwrite a
    /usr/share/applications/defaults.list symlink. Thanks to Joe Ebel for the
    original patch! (LP: #703106)

  [ Scott Ritchie ]
  * debian/patches/xdg-generic-use-mimetype.diff:
    - Update to fallback to generic on Gnome (LP: #602799)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:11:39 +0200

My name is misspelled. :( No worries. Thanks for getting this in.

I've corrected your name in lp:ubuntu/xdg-utils, so future uploads from that branch will have a corrected changelog.

I'll backport this to lucid and maverick now. It'll require approval from another member of the ubuntu-sru team.

APPROVED: version 1.0.2-6.1ubuntu3.1 should be accepted into lucid-proposed
APPROVED: version 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1ubuntu0.3 should be accepted into maverick-proposed

Accepted xdg-utils into maverick-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Accepted xdg-utils into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Is there any test case for this proposed package? May you please update the bug and add those? Thanks in advance.

Here's a simple test case.
1. Verify that /usr/share/applications/defaults.list is a symlink to /etc/gnome/defaults.list
2. Download the attached .desktop file, and run 'sudo xdg-desktop-menu install jbebel-test.desktop'.

If /usr/share/applications/defaults.list remains a symlink, and /etc/gnome/defaults.list contains "x-test/true=jbebel-test.desktop" then it's a pass.

If /etc/gnome/defaults.list did not get edited, and instead, now /usr/share/applications/defaults.list is a file that now contains "x-test/true=jbebel-test.desktop" then that's a fail.

I have verified that my test case fails with 1.0.2-6.1ubuntu3 and passes with 1.0.2-6.1ubuntu3.1 in Lucid.

SRU verification for Maverick:
I have reproduced the problem with xdg-utils 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1ubuntu0.2 in maverick-updates and have verified that the version of xdg-utils 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1ubuntu0.3 in -proposed fixes the issue.

Marking as verification-done

This bug was fixed in the package xdg-utils - 1.0.2-6.1ubuntu3.1

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xdg-utils (1.0.2-6.1ubuntu3.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/xdg-update-menu-canonicalize-defaults.list.diff:
    - Don't overwrite a /usr/share/applications/defaults.list symlink.
      Thanks to Joel Ebel for the original patch! (LP: #703106)
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:27:26 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package xdg-utils - 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1ubuntu0.3

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xdg-utils (1.0.2+cvs20100307-1ubuntu0.3) maverick-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/xdg-update-menu-canonicalize-defaults.list.diff:
    - Don't overwrite a /usr/share/applications/defaults.list symlink.
      Thanks to Joel Ebel for the original patch! (LP: #703106)
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:33:07 +0100