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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug in Konquerer
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-05-02 20:26:40
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On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 08:57:12PM +0200, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> On Tue, 2 May 2000, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 02 May 2000, David Faure wrote:
> > > The URL problem is very minor. The real problem here is
> > > "trying to create part for application/x-core" :-)
> > > I think the wildcard "core.*" for the mimetype application/x-core is
> > > a bit too generous. Are there systems where this is necessary ?
> > > I have never seen core files names otherwise than "core"...
> > 
> > There are systems which put the PID behind it as extension.
> > Can be quite usefull in some obscure situations.
> 
> Some other systems put the process name in front. I'm sure I've seen a
> konqueror.core file on my FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT testbox.
> There seems to be no naming system we can rely on.

As long as KMimeMagic detects core files properly, it should be
fine to have a more restrictive pattern (which we have now).
If anyone has a core file NOT named 'core', and if it doesn't get
detected as a core file, please send it to me :)

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