[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #10071: No attributes of MIME "application/*" in Tracker's "Attributes" menu
- From: "anevilyak" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:31:39 -0000
#10071: No attributes of MIME "application/*" in Tracker's "Attributes" menu
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Reporter: Giova84 | Owner: axeld
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: | Version: R1/Development
Applications/Tracker | Keywords: People files lacks attributes view
Resolution: | in Tracker
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: x86
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Comment (by anevilyak):
After a bit more digging, the problem appears to be as follows, as best I
can tell: For all the other top level mime types, we explicitly install an
entry which defines attributes that all subtypes have in common (i.e.
track and artist for audio). This in turn results in the supertype folder
getting the full complement of attributes, including META:TYPE. However,
we do no such thing for application/, as the types there don't really have
anything in common. As such, that supertype folder is most likely simply
created indirectly as a result of creating the first application/ subtype
we come along. {{{ DatabaseLocation::_CreateType() }}}
(storage/mime/DatabaseLocation.cpp) does this by simply creating the
directory and nothing more, and as such, the application supertype never
winds up being registered as installed.
Assuming this analysis is correct, this presents two possible resolutions:
1) Add a dummy application supertype entry during the system package build
simply to house the meta attribute, or 2) when DatabaseLocation is forced
to create the supertype folder on a subtype's behalf, it always at least
writes the type attribute for the respective supertype folder. Thoughts?
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/10071#comment:7>
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