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+#
+# This class creates mime <-> application associations based on entry 
+# 'MimeType' in *.desktop files
+#
+
+DEPENDS += "desktop-file-utils"
+PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "desktop-file-utils-native"
+DESKTOPDIR = "${datadir}/applications"
+
+# There are recipes out there installing their .desktop files as absolute
+# symlinks. For us these are dangling and cannot be introspected for "MimeType"
+# easily. By addding package-names to MIME_XDG_PACKAGES, packager can force
+# proper update-desktop-database handling. Note that all introspection is
+# skipped for MIME_XDG_PACKAGES not empty
+MIME_XDG_PACKAGES ?= ""
+
+mime_xdg_postinst() {
+if [ "x$D" != "x" ]; then
+	$INTERCEPT_DIR/postinst_intercept update_desktop_database ${PKG} \
+		mlprefix=${MLPREFIX} \
+		desktop_dir=${DESKTOPDIR}
+else
+	update-desktop-database $D${DESKTOPDIR}
+fi
+}
+
+mime_xdg_postrm() {
+if [ "x$D" != "x" ]; then
+	$INTERCEPT_DIR/postinst_intercept update_desktop_database ${PKG} \
+		mlprefix=${MLPREFIX} \
+		desktop_dir=${DESKTOPDIR}
+else
+	update-desktop-database $D${DESKTOPDIR}
+fi
+}
+
+python populate_packages_append () {
+    packages = d.getVar('PACKAGES').split()
+    pkgdest =  d.getVar('PKGDEST')
+    desktop_base = d.getVar('DESKTOPDIR')
+    forced_mime_xdg_pkgs = (d.getVar('MIME_XDG_PACKAGES') or '').split()
+
+    for pkg in packages:
+        desktops_with_mime_found = pkg in forced_mime_xdg_pkgs
+        if d.getVar('MIME_XDG_PACKAGES') == '':
+            desktop_dir = '%s/%s%s' % (pkgdest, pkg, desktop_base)
+            if os.path.exists(desktop_dir):
+                for df in os.listdir(desktop_dir):
+                    if df.endswith('.desktop'):
+                        try:
+                            with open(desktop_dir + '/'+ df, 'r') as f:
+                                for line in f.read().split('\n'):
+                                    if 'MimeType' in line:
+                                        desktops_with_mime_found = True
+                                        break;
+                        except:
+                            bb.warn('Could not open %s. Set MIME_XDG_PACKAGES in recipe or add mime-xdg to INSANE_SKIP.' % desktop_dir + '/'+ df)
+                    if desktops_with_mime_found:
+                        break
+        if desktops_with_mime_found:
+            bb.note("adding mime-xdg postinst and postrm scripts to %s" % pkg)
+            postinst = d.getVar('pkg_postinst_%s' % pkg)
+            if not postinst:
+                postinst = '#!/bin/sh\n'
+            postinst += d.getVar('mime_xdg_postinst')
+            d.setVar('pkg_postinst_%s' % pkg, postinst)
+            postrm = d.getVar('pkg_postrm_%s' % pkg)
+            if not postrm:
+                postrm = '#!/bin/sh\n'
+            postrm += d.getVar('mime_xdg_postrm')
+            d.setVar('pkg_postrm_%s' % pkg, postrm)
+            bb.note("adding desktop-file-utils dependency to %s" % pkg)
+            d.appendVar('RDEPENDS_' + pkg, " " + d.getVar('MLPREFIX')+"desktop-file-utils")
+}