Description: Try mimetype first as the generic method for xdg-mime.
Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/609630
Author: Per Olofsson <pelle@debian.org>

--- a/scripts/xdg-mime
+++ b/scripts/xdg-mime
@@ -514,8 +514,13 @@ info_gnome()
 
 info_generic()
 {
-    DEBUG 1 "Running file -i \"$1\""
-    /usr/bin/file -i "$1" 2> /dev/null | cut -d ":" -f 2 | sed s/"^ "//
+    if mimetype --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	DEBUG 1 "Running mimetype -b \"$1\""
+	mimetype -b "$1"
+    else
+	DEBUG 1 "Running file -i \"$1\""
+	/usr/bin/file -i "$1" 2> /dev/null | cut -d ":" -f 2 | sed s/"^ "//
+    fi
 
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
         exit_success