/usr/local/share/mime/application--delete files?

[gustaf]

Scrolling through /usr/local/share/mime/application, I see files that appear to be left over from packages that I installed and later removed. I thought $ doas pkg_delete -ac [package] was supposed to remove all files related to the package, except the configuration files deposited in the user's home folder.

Is there a command to safely clean up this folder?

I don't use a desktop environment or file manager, only jwm for window management.

Thanks.

[jggimi]

These files are not part of package packing lists, which is why they are not deleted by pkg_delete. (I know this by using the -E flag of pkg_info(1) on them.)

I don't know their provenance. They appear to all have the same date/time, so may have been created by pkg_add(1). Perhaps pkg_check(8) will inspect the directory and remove extraneous files.

[shep]

I don't know their provenance.

Say you are constructing a presentation in Libreoffice and wish to insert a png graphic. After selecting the graphic, Libreoffice allows you to open the graphic in an external editor. Both inkscape and gimp pop-up as choices to edit the png. This is handled by mimetypes. It is kinda like a mailcap in mutt.

They appear to all have the same date/time, so may have been created by pkg_add(1)

I think this is done by an update-mime-database command in the PLIST. The consistent time/date stamps likely represent the last time the update-mime-database command was run.

Is there a command to safely clean up this folder?

I do not know this for a fact but the update-mime-database(1) would be worth testing.

Note to forum admins: OpenBSD's manpage does not link - I substituted FreeBSD's.

[jggimi]

Ah! Thank you! I haven't paid enough attention to freedesktop.org applications.