GNU bug report logs - #15436
24.3.50; reads ~/.mailcap only once

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gregor Zattler <telegraph <at> gmx.net>

Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:47:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 15436 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Gregor Zattler <telegraph <at> gmx.net>
Cc: 15436 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15436: 24.3.50; reads ~/.mailcap only once
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 09:05:56 +0200

Gregor Zattler <telegraph <at> gmx.net> writes:

> Emacs reads ~/.mailcap only once, does not recognize later
> changes in this configuration file even if made with Emacs in the
> same session.  This happens with Emacs23 and Emacs-snapshot.  I
> consider this behaviour a bug.  Quitting Emacs and starting anew
> forces reload of ~/.mailcap.

This was changed finally in Emacs 27, I believe -- it'll now re-read the
data any time it's queried for data.

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