--- rpm-4.4.9/lib/rpmfc.c	2008-05-06 16:27:09.000000000 +0200
+++ rpm-4.4.9.new/lib/rpmfc.c	2008-05-06 16:33:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -531,6 +531,8 @@
   { "troff or preprocessor input",	RPMFC_MANPAGE|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
   { "GNU Info",			RPMFC_MANPAGE|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
 
+  { "Desktop Entry",		RPMFC_DESKTOP_FILE|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
+
   { "perl script text",		RPMFC_PERL|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
   { "Perl5 module source text", RPMFC_PERL|RPMFC_MODULE|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
 
@@ -872,6 +874,10 @@
 	    xx = rpmfcHelper(fc, 'P', "java", fc->noautoprov, fc->noautoprov_c);
 	if (fc->findreq)
 	    xx = rpmfcHelper(fc, 'R', "java", fc->noautoreq, fc->noautoreq_c);
+    } else
+    if (fc->fcolor->vals[fc->ix] & RPMFC_DESKTOP_FILE) {
+	if (fc->findprov)
+	    xx = rpmfcHelper(fc, 'P', "mimetype", fc->noautoprov, fc->noautoprov_c);
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -984,7 +990,7 @@
 /*@unchecked@*/
 static struct rpmfcApplyTbl_s rpmfcApplyTable[] = {
     { rpmfcELF,		RPMFC_ELF },
-    { rpmfcSCRIPT,	(RPMFC_SCRIPT|RPMFC_PERL|RPMFC_PYTHON|RPMFC_LIBTOOL|RPMFC_PKGCONFIG|RPMFC_BOURNE|RPMFC_JAVA|RPMFC_PHP) },
+    { rpmfcSCRIPT,	(RPMFC_SCRIPT|RPMFC_PERL|RPMFC_PYTHON|RPMFC_LIBTOOL|RPMFC_PKGCONFIG|RPMFC_BOURNE|RPMFC_JAVA|RPMFC_PHP|RPMFC_DESKTOP_FILE) },
     { rpmfcMONO,	RPMFC_MONO },
     { NULL, 0 }
 };
@@ -1350,6 +1356,10 @@
 	    else if (_suffix(s, ".php"))
 		ftype = "PHP script text";
 
+	    /* XXX all files with extension ".desktop" are desktop files for now. */
+	    else if (_suffix(s, ".desktop"))
+		ftype = "Desktop Entry";
+
 	    /* XXX skip all files in /dev/ which are (or should be) %dev dummies. */
 	    else if (slen >= fc->brlen+sizeof("/dev/") && !strncmp(s+fc->brlen, "/dev/", sizeof("/dev/")-1))
 		ftype = "";
--- rpm-4.4.9/lib/rpmfc.h	2008-05-06 16:27:09.000000000 +0200
+++ rpm-4.4.9.new/lib/rpmfc.h	2008-05-06 16:28:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     RPMFC_FONT			= (1 << 21),
     RPMFC_IMAGE			= (1 << 22),
     RPMFC_MANPAGE		= (1 << 23),
+    RPMFC_DESKTOP_FILE		= (1 << 11),
 
     RPMFC_PERL			= (1 << 24),
     RPMFC_JAVA			= (1 << 25),
--- rpm-4.4.9/macros.in	2008-05-06 16:27:09.000000000 +0200
+++ rpm-4.4.9.new/macros.in	2008-05-06 16:24:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -1461,6 +1461,16 @@
 #%__executable_requires	%{_usrlibrpm}/executabledeps.sh --requires
 #%__scriptlet_requires	/bin/bash --rpm-requires
 
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# mimetype(...) configuration.
+#
+# Path to script to autogenerate mimetype(foo) provides, based on MimeType
+# key from desktop files.
+#
+# Note: Used if _use_internal_dependency_generator is non-zero. The
+# helper is also used by %{_uselibrpm}/rpmdeps --provides
+%__mimetype_provides %{_usrlibrpm}/mimetypedeps.sh --provides
+
 # PLD rpm macros
 %_enable_debug_packages 1