Bug#424923: nautilus: Vague error message: 'correct extension for "DOS/Windows executable"'

[A. Costa]

On Wed, 23 May 2007 20:01:03 +0200
Sven Arvidsson <sa at whiz.se> wrote:

> Is it SpaceMonger.exe from here? http://www.sixty-five.cc/download/
> 
> I tried both version 1.4.0 and 2.1.1, both files are correctly
> identified and launched with Wine...

I'm using Spacemonger v1.4.0 -- I haven't checked if the version at
that site is identical to mine, but here are some checksums for it:

	for f in sum cksum crc32 sha1sum ; do echo "$f:  "`$f Desktop/SpaceMonger.exe`; done
	sum:  18177 212
	cksum:  737755188 217088 Desktop/SpaceMonger.exe
	crc32:  b4a5a6b7
	sha1sum:  f4a38d2f0dbc6b1f1c6177754d269aba55ac8568 Desktop/SpaceMonger.exe

Note that on my system 'SpaceMonger.exe' does run from the command
line, e.g.:

	% wine Desktop/SpaceMonger.exe
	Invoking /usr/lib/wine/wine.bin Desktop/SpaceMonger.exe ...
	{...stuff deleted...}
	Wine exited with a successful status

> ...I'm using nautilus 2.18.1-3 and
> shared-mime-info 0.21-2.

Well, since last time I finally upgraded:

	% dlocate -s nautilus shared-mime-info | grep ersio
	Version: 2.18.1-3
	Version: 0.21-2

...but running 'SpaceMonger.exe' symlink from the 'nautilus' desktop
gives that same error message:

	Cannot open SpaceMonger.exe

	The filename "SpaceMonger.exe" indicates that this file is of type
	"executable". The contents of the file indicate that the file is of
	type "DOS/Windows executable". If you open this file, the file might
	present a security risk to your system.  {...etc.}

In hindsight, it seems unlikely 'wine' would be the problem, as that 'nautilus'
error shows up before calling 'wine'.