Just now copied beos_mime to obos_mime and I get far enough to see
obos_registrar die. I'll see what I can do.
Thanks,
e
>On 2004-10-08 at 18:58:08 [+0200], Erik Jaesler wrote:
>> Following Ingo's very clear instructions, I was able to confirm that
any
>> BMessage-related issues with BAppFileInfo appear to be fixed.
>
>But you haven't committed your changes, have you? At least I can still
>reproduce the `obos_registrar eats up all memory' problem.
>
>> There are
>> still unit test failures, but these have to do with MIME type
>> installation failing. The problem appears to be in
Database::Install()
>> (in /src/kits/storage/mime/Database.cpp); if
>> /boot/home/config/settings/obos_mime/application (I think that's what
>> it's called) doesn't exist, the function simply errs out, rather than
>> creating the directory, which seems to me the appropriate thing to
do.
>> Obviously, Storage Kit is not my baliwick, so I haven't attempted to
>> make a fix/*really* messed things up. ;)
>
>You're probably right, that supertypes should be created, too, but
since
>there's a fixed set of them, they should already exist even in a
freshly
>installed system. Anyway the Storage Kit unit tests require a few more
>types to be installed, as they need something to play with. The easiest
way
>is to copy ~/config/settings/beos_mime to .../obos_mime.
>
>CU, Ingo
>
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