[Bug 1300484] [NEW] run-mailcap opens file as application/x-troff-man by mistake

[Philipp Janda]

Public bug reported:

Running `run-mailcap --action=view dir-1.2/readme` processes the file as
`application/x-troff-man` although it isn't. I expected the command to
fail instead. The reason seems to be that the last pattern in
`%patterntypes` (`'\.\d[^\.]*$'`) is not strict enough. Changing it to
`'\.\d[^\./]*$'` fixes things for me.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: mime-support 3.54ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-18.32-generic 3.11.10.4
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr  1 00:11:24 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-05 (511 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mime-support
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-20 (161 days ago)

** Affects: mime-support (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy

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Title:
  run-mailcap opens file as application/x-troff-man by mistake

Status in “mime-support” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Running `run-mailcap --action=view dir-1.2/readme` processes the file
  as `application/x-troff-man` although it isn't. I expected the command
  to fail instead. The reason seems to be that the last pattern in
  `%patterntypes` (`'\.\d[^\.]*$'`) is not strict enough. Changing it to
  `'\.\d[^\./]*$'` fixes things for me.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: mime-support 3.54ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-18.32-generic 3.11.10.4
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-18-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Apr  1 00:11:24 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-05 (511 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: mime-support
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-20 (161 days ago)

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