Bug#283436: nautilus: doesn't remember chosen "Open With..." application

[Tom]

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.8.2-1
Severity: normal


When I right-click on a PDF file, select Open with Other Application,
and type in /usr/bin/xpdf it opens in xpdf.  When I close xpdf and
then click on the file again, it opens in gpdf (or some other PDF
viewer) again.  Apparently, the file associations aren't getting
updated.  Furthermore, there doesn't seem to be any other way of setting
file associations.  

(This is particularly annoying because, with KDE installed at the same
time, I'm also getting a haphazard mix of KDE applications running
under Gnome.)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  capplets                  1:2.8.1-3      configuration applets for GNOME 2 
ii  desktop-file-utils        0.9-1          Utilities for .desktop files
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.16-6       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.8.0-3        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0             0.2.6-4        Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.8.0-3        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.8.0-2        The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-18   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libeel2-2                 2.8.2-1        Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libesd0                   0.2.35-2       Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libexif10                 0.6.9-4        The EXIF library allows you to par
ii  libgail-common            1.8.0-2        GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17                 1.8.0-2        GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4               2.8.1-4        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.4.0-1      Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.4.7-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.8.1-2        Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0               2.8.0-5        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.8.0-1        A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.8.0-3        The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.8.3-6        The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.4.13-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnautilus2-2            2.8.2-1        libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.10.2-1.1   libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.6.0-3        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-5          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2                2.8.1-1        SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libsm6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.7-1          library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxml2                   2.6.11-5       GNOME XML library
ii  nautilus-data             2.8.2-1        data files for nautilus
ii  shared-mime-info          0.15-1         FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.2-3      compression library - runtime

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