[mc] Arch upgrade breaks some MC associations/actions

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

We've got a report that glib upgrade causes similar problems:

https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/4502

Maybe you could confirm or deny this.

On Sat, 2 Sep 2023, Paul Marwick via mc wrote:

> I'm running Midnight Commander under Arch linux, using the XFCE desktop 
> environment. Mc is  currently version 4.8.30. A recent upgrade (I'm 
> reasonably sure that it was something upgraded yesterday evening) has broken 
> some associations in MC. They were working fine yesterday, but when I started 
> the laptop this morning, they failed.
>
> As an example, pressing enter with MC highlighting a .mp4 file would normally 
> start Vlc. Now it does nothing at all. In the same way, MC would normally 
> open a .tar.gz file, or a tar.zst file, neither of those get any response 
> from MC. Attempting to open .docx or .odt file also fails completely. But MC 
> is still opening .zip files, will still load .pdf files, will still open .png 
> or .jpg files.
>
> The update that I think must be responsible upgraded the following items:
>
> alsa-card-profiles (1:0.3.78-1 -> 1:0.3.79-1)
> aom (3.6.1-1 -> 3.7.0-1)
> glib2 (2.76.4-1 -> 2.76.5-1)
> freetype2 (2.13.1-1 -> 2.13.2-1)
> openexr (3.1.11-1 -> 3.2.0-2)
> gegl (0.4.46-1 -> 0.4.46-2)
> libjxl (0.8.2-1 -> 0.8.2-2)
> gimp (2.10.34-2 -> 2.10.34-3)
> glib2-docs (2.76.4-1 -> 2.76.5-1)
> gstreamer (1.22.5-1 -> 1.22.5-2)
> gst-plugins-base-libs (1.22.5-1 -> 1.22.5-2)
> gst-plugins-bad-libs (1.22.5-1 -> 1.22.5-2)
> libpipewire (1:0.3.78-1 -> 1:0.3.79-1)
> imagemagick (7.1.1.15-2 -> 7.1.1.15-3)
> gst-plugins-bad (1.22.5-1 -> 1.22.5-2)
> gst-plugins-base (1.22.5-1 -> 1.22.5-2)
> gst-plugins-good (1.22.5-1 -> 1.22.5-2)
> gst-plugins-ugly (1.22.5-1 -> 1.22.5-2)
> pipewire (1:0.3.78-1 -> 1:0.3.79-1)
> pipewire-audio (1:0.3.78-1 -> 1:0.3.79-1)
> pipewire-alsa (1:0.3.78-1 -> 1:0.3.79-1)
> pipewire-pulse (1:0.3.78-1 -> 1:0.3.79-1)
> re2 (1:20230801-1 -> 1:20230901-1)
>
> I'm not sure what to check to try and fix the problem. I'd be grateful for 
> any suggestions - I use MC pretty well constantly and would hate to have its 
> functionallity reduced...
>
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-- 
Sincerely yours,
Yury V. Zaytsev