GNU bug report logs - #53009
29.0.50; mailcap does not use mailcap-mime-data if no mailcap files exist

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Visuwesh <visuwesh <at> tutanota.com>

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 16:04:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Visuwesh <visuwesh <at> tutanota.com>
To: 53009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53009: 29.0.50; mailcap does not use mailcap-mime-data if no mailcap files exist
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 17:10:25 +0100 (CET)

4 Jan 2022, 21:33 by visuwesh <at> tutanota.com:
> If none of the default mailcap files used by `mailcap-parse-mailcaps'
> exist in the system, as in my case, `file-has-changed-p' returns nil
> every time so `mailcap--computed-mime-data' never gets populated with
> the values from `mailcap-parse-mailcaps'.  I have to manually evaluate
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I meant, "values from `mailcap-mime-data'."  I apologise for the mistake.

> the `cl-loop' form.
>
> This problem did not exist in da67e888d5360297cdf20cd3d2a1148727d16e5a
> where the `file-has-changed-p' call is not present.  Emacs 28 also does
> not have this problem.
>
>
> Regards.
>[...]
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