Add a new file to be distributed with Lumina:

Include a copy of the "globs2" file from the FreeDesktop mimetype database, to be used as a fallback if the official mimetype database is not installed/found on the system.
Also adjust the mimetype loader to use this fallback as needed.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LuminaXDG.cpp b/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LuminaXDG.cpp
index d89c7f46..96f77ff9 100644
--- a/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LuminaXDG.cpp
+++ b/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LuminaXDG.cpp
@@ -1499,7 +1499,11 @@ QStringList LXDG::loadMimeFileGlobs2(){
         }
 	file.close();
       }
-    }    
+      if(i==dirs.length()-1 && mimeglobs.isEmpty()){
+        //Could not find the mimetype database on the system - use the fallback file distributed with Lumina
+        dirs << LOS::LuminaShare();
+      }
+    }//end loop over dirs
   }
   return mimeglobs;
 }