Fix MIME type detection in glib2

general/genlib/glib2.xml

@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+      <!-- should be applied in glib-2.72.3 or above -->
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Recommended patch, that fixes and issue in webkitgtk:
+          <ulink url="&patch-root;/glib-&glib2-version;-fix_xdgmime-1.patch"/>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           Optional patch:
@@ -126,6 +133,13 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of GLib</title>
+    <!-- Remove the next para and screen for glib-2.72.3 or above-->
+    <para>
+      First, fix an issue in MIME file content lookup, which may prevent
+      displaying <command>file://</command> URL's in webkitgtk based browsers.
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../glib-&glib2-version;-fix_xdgmime-1.patch</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
       If desired, apply the optional patch. In many cases, applications that

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>June 3rd, 2022</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[pierre] - Fix file MIME type detection in glib2, so that
+          webkitgtk based web browsers are able to display file:// URL's
+          again.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Update to nettle-3.8. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;16626">#16626</ulink>.</para>