[File] application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database replace/remove

Michael Stahl mst at libreoffice.org
Tue Jan 24 10:48:54 UTC 2023


hi all,

it only took 10 years but it was finally possible to register the 
correct mime type for ODF databases at IANA.

see for details: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/OFFICE-3745

now this leads to this obvious change:


diff --git a/magic/Magdir/archive b/magic/Magdir/archive
index 6d89aea4..2143c19f 100644
--- a/magic/Magdir/archive
+++ b/magic/Magdir/archive
@@ -1757,8 +1757,7 @@
  # Valid for LibreOffice Base 6.0.1.1 at least
  >>>73  string  base                    Database
  # https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45854
-!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database
-#!:mime        application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.base
+!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.base
  !:ext  odb
  >>>73  string  image
  >>>>78 byte    !0x2d                   Image


less obviously, i see this just a few lines above:

 >>>73	string	database		Database
!:mime	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database
!:ext	odb

it checks for the string "database" in the file - which makes me wonder 
- is this based purely on the wrong mime type being registered at IANA, 
or is there actually some software that produces such files?  i have 
exactly 2387 .odb files here, and all of them use "base", not "database".

so probably this could be removed?

regards,
  michael


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