Opened 6 years ago
Closed 6 years ago
#13934 closed enhancement (invalid)
Add x-installshield-cab to mime_db
| Reported by: | leorize | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Unscheduled |
| Component: | - General | Version: | R1/Development |
| Keywords: | mime | Cc: | |
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | All |
Description
This patch add InstallShield CAB to MIME database.
Currently there's no icon for this MIME type, any help would be appreciated.
Attachments (3)
Change History (8)
by , 6 years ago
| Attachment: | 0001-data-mime_db-add-application-x-installshield-cab.patch added |
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comment:1 by , 6 years ago
comment:2 by , 6 years ago
I found Siarzuk's cab extract package in my BeOS archives. Maybe there's something in the package you can use. (attached)
by , 6 years ago
| Attachment: | cabextract.06.zip added |
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comment:3 by , 6 years ago
The attached package allows Haiku to open cab files and has an icon to go with it (see attached screenshot)
by , 6 years ago
comment:4 by , 6 years ago
The program attatched is for extracting MS Cabinet files. InstallShield CAB is a proprietary archiving format that just happens to use the same .cab suffix
comment:5 by , 6 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
I see no point in having this part of the default install. MIME types can also be packaged with applications that supports them, and I think this is what we should do here because the format is uncommon and of little use.
For archive formats, usually the extracting application is packaged with the MIME type as well as an Expander rule. Have a look at unrar, lha, or similar recipes at haikuports.
Siaržuk Žarski produced a bunch of different archive formats for BeOS including for .cab files. Icons were included in the packages as I recall. Maybe they can be found on BeBytes.