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file-roller package

Unable to open xpi files

Bug #899881 reported by Antoine Turmel
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File Roller
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file-roller (Ubuntu)
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Oneiric
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Since Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric, I can't open xpi files with file-roller.

I have an error that the file is not recognized. One way around is to rename the filename and change .xpi by .zip

I think this could be a mimetype issue, since it could be resolved adding .xpi extension to zip mimetype.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, why should .xpi files open in file-rollers? shouldn't they be send to firefox by default?
could you add an example to the bug?

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Antoine Turmel (antoineturmel) wrote :

@seb128
Because xpi are basically zip archives and some developers/translators use file-roller to extract/modify files inside.
Also xpi files are not used only by Firefox, but by many Mozilla-based product like Thunderbird, Instantbird, Songbird...

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the issue seems a bit similar to bug #877256

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Mauro (jasmines) wrote :

sudo apt-get install assogiate

run assogiate, find application/zip and add *.xpi in filenames.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in file-roller:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package file-roller - 3.3.3-0ubuntu2

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file-roller (3.3.3-0ubuntu2) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/git_mime_type.patch: get the correct mime type values,
    should fix .apk, .war, .xpi opening (lp: #868581, #877256, #899881)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:09:35 +0100

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Changed in file-roller:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I've uploaded a stable updated for oneiric as well, it should be available for testing in the next days, the bug will be updated when that happens

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Vadim Rutkovsky (roignac) wrote :

Fix confirmed in precise 3.3.3-0ubuntu2

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Antoine, or anyone else affected,

Accepted file-roller into oneiric-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!

tags: added: verification-needed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package file-roller - 3.2.1-0ubuntu2

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file-roller (3.2.1-0ubuntu2) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/git_mime_type.patch: get the correct mime type values,
    should fix .apk, .war, .xpi opening (lp: #868581, #877256, #899881)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:28:18 +0100

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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