In a message of Wed, 12 May 2021 10:12:06 +0100, Ralph Corderoy writes:
Hi Laura,
Manjaro is based on Arch linux,
Yep.
and Arch linux is based on debian.
No, I don't think so. I run Arch Linux here and one key reason is it
packages upstream releases directly without much tinkering or delay by
doing a ‘rolling’ release, unlike Debian which has a comprehensive set
of patches and a periodic release schedule.
My debian distro looks for such things in /etc/mailcap. I'd look
there first.
However, I have one of those, owned by the mailcap package. :-)
I think I could have phrased that better. What I meant by 'based on
debian' was historically, and to do with filesystem layouts and the
like -- as opposed to 'based on SuSe or based on RedHat', not
dependent on the technical and political machinations of the debian
community. Also .deb files just install on Arch, no? (been a long
time since I had one.)
At any rate whenever I have the sort of problem that Steven mentioned, I just
add a line to /etc/mailcap telling it how I want to process the new thing I
am being sent. But other distros keep this stuff other places.
Laura