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desktop-mime-but-no-exec-code

The desktop entry lists support for at least one mime type, but does not provide codes like %f, %F, %u or %U for the Exec key.

If the application can indeed handle files of the listed mime types, it should specify a way to pass the filenames as parameters.

The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163. That is the most recent version we know about.

We use semantic versions. The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the 2.113.0 release tag in our Git repository.

You can find the detection logic for this version at commit 43a81d7. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check menu-format.

Visibility: warning

The following 58 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 63 times (in any Lintian version).

There were no overrides.