Bug#680175: gnome-mime-data: Linux kernel mime type reported to be x-ms-dos-executable

[Stephen Black]

Package: gnome-mime-data
Version: 2.18.0-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
        Not really sure if this is affecting just me, but lately I had noticed
the most recent kernel on my machine had a "Windows" type icon when browsing
files in nautilus. Selecting 'properties' dialog reported that
vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64 was an x-ms-dos-executable. Two previous kernel versions
were correct (octet-stream). Using 'mimetype -a /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64'
reports the file as having two types: application/x-ms-dos-executable, and
application/octet-stream. If this is affecting only my machine, I have no idea
how it could have happened. To be honest, I'd noticed it about a month ago, but
just thought is was some strange bug and was waiting for a fix. After some
extensive googling, and coming up with nothing even close, I decided to
investigate further.
        On my system I found the tool "assoGiate", and created a new type in
the local database. Calling it "linux-kernel" and associating filenames with
vmlinuz* has taken care of the issue locally for me. If it turns out this is
only my unique problem, I'm sorry for wasting your time. Just seemed awfully
strange to see a windows icon next to the linux kernel.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

-- no debconf information