diff -durN shared-mime-info-0.13.orig/update-mime-database.c shared-mime-info-0.13/update-mime-database.c
--- shared-mime-info-0.13.orig/update-mime-database.c	2003-10-13 13:43:38 +0400
+++ shared-mime-info-0.13/update-mime-database.c	2004-03-05 19:14:10 +0300
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 static void usage(const char *name)
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, _("Usage: %s [-hv] MIME-DIR\n"), name);
+	fprintf(stderr, _("Usage: %s [-hv] MIME-DIR CACHE-DIR\n"), name);
 }
 
 static void free_type(gpointer data)
@@ -1374,6 +1374,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	char *mime_dir = NULL;
+	char *cache_dir = NULL;
 	char *package_dir = NULL;
 	int opt;
 
@@ -1397,7 +1398,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (optind != argc - 1)
+	if (optind != argc - 2)
 	{
 		usage(argv[0]);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
@@ -1406,6 +1407,7 @@
 	LIBXML_TEST_VERSION;
 
 	mime_dir = argv[optind];
+	cache_dir = argv[optind + 1];
 
 	/* Strip trailing / characters */
 	{
@@ -1417,16 +1419,30 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	{
+		int l = strlen(cache_dir);
+		while (l > 1 && cache_dir[l - 1] == '/')
+		{
+			l--;
+			cache_dir[l] = '\0';
+		}
+	}
+
 	package_dir = g_strconcat(mime_dir, "/packages", NULL);
 
-	if (access(mime_dir, W_OK))
+	if (access(mime_dir, F_OK))
 	{
-		g_printerr(_("%s: I don't have write permission on %s.\n"
-			     "Try rerunning me as root.\n"), argv[0], mime_dir);
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			_("Directory '%s' does not exist!\n"), package_dir);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	g_print("***\n* Updating MIME database in %s...\n", mime_dir);
+	if (access(cache_dir, W_OK))
+	{
+		g_printerr(_("%s: I don't have write permission on %s.\n"
+			     "Try rerunning me as root.\n"), argv[0], cache_dir);
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
 
 	if (access(package_dir, F_OK))
 	{
@@ -1435,6 +1451,8 @@
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
+	g_print("***\n* Updating MIME database in %s...\n", cache_dir);
+
 	types = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal,
 					g_free, free_type);
 	globs_hash = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal,
@@ -1446,14 +1464,14 @@
 	scan_source_dir(package_dir);
 	g_free(package_dir);
 
-	delete_old_types(mime_dir);
+	delete_old_types(cache_dir);
 
-	g_hash_table_foreach(types, write_out_type, (gpointer) mime_dir);
+	g_hash_table_foreach(types, write_out_type, (gpointer) cache_dir);
 
 	{
 		FILE *globs;
 		char *globs_path;
-		globs_path = g_strconcat(mime_dir, "/globs.new", NULL);
+		globs_path = g_strconcat(cache_dir, "/globs.new", NULL);
 		globs = fopen(globs_path, "wb");
 		if (!globs)
 			g_error("Failed to open '%s' for writing\n",
@@ -1472,7 +1490,7 @@
 		FILE *stream;
 		char *magic_path;
 		int i;
-		magic_path = g_strconcat(mime_dir, "/magic.new", NULL);
+		magic_path = g_strconcat(cache_dir, "/magic.new", NULL);
 		stream = fopen(magic_path, "wb");
 		if (!stream)
 			g_error("Failed to open '%s' for writing\n",
@@ -1499,7 +1517,7 @@
 		FILE *stream;
 		char *ns_path;
 
-		ns_path = g_strconcat(mime_dir, "/XMLnamespaces.new", NULL);
+		ns_path = g_strconcat(cache_dir, "/XMLnamespaces.new", NULL);
 		stream = fopen(ns_path, "wb");
 		if (!stream)
 			g_error("Failed to open '%s' for writing\n",
@@ -1519,7 +1537,7 @@
 
 	g_print("***\n");
 
-	check_in_path_xdg_data(mime_dir);
+	check_in_path_xdg_data(cache_dir);
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }