Description: xdg-mime reads from .config/mimeapps.list but never writes to it.
Author: Chad MILLER <chad.miller@canonical.com>
Forwarded: no
Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1518053

--- a/scripts/xdg-mime.in
+++ b/scripts/xdg-mime.in
@@ -239,13 +239,17 @@ make_default_generic()
     # $1 is vendor-name.desktop
     # $2 is mime/type
     # Add $2=$1 to XDG_DATA_HOME/applications/mimeapps.list
+
     xdg_user_dir="$XDG_DATA_HOME"
     [ -n "$xdg_user_dir" ] || xdg_user_dir="$HOME/.local/share"
-    default_file="$xdg_user_dir/applications/mimeapps.list"
-    DEBUG 2 "make_default_generic $1 $2"
-    DEBUG 1 "Updating $default_file"
-    [ -f "$default_file" ] || touch "$default_file"
-    awk -v mimetype="$2" -v application="$1" '
+    xdg_config_home="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
+    [ -n "$xdg_config_home" ] || xdg_config_home="$HOME/.config"
+
+    for default_file in "$xdg_user_dir/applications/mimeapps.list" "$xdg_config_home/mimeapps.list"; do
+      DEBUG 2 "make_default_generic $1 $2"
+      DEBUG 1 "Updating $default_file"
+      [ -f "$default_file" ] || touch "$default_file"
+      awk -v mimetype="$2" -v application="$1" '
     BEGIN {
         prefix=mimetype "="
         indefault=0
@@ -293,6 +297,7 @@ make_default_generic()
         }
     }
 ' "$default_file" > "${default_file}.new" && mv "${default_file}.new" "$default_file"
+done
 }
 
 search_desktop_file()