Mick wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I tried following the elog suggestion after emerging 
> x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.51, but I get this message back:
> 
> # update-mime-database /usr/local/share/mime/
> update-mime-database: I don't have write permission on /usr/local/share/mime.
> Try rerunning me as root.
> 
> Looking for it reveals that it's not there:
> 
> # ls -la /usr/local/share/mime/
> ls: cannot access /usr/local/share/mime/: No such file or directory
> 
> Is there anything else that I need to do first before trying to update it?

Just do update-mime-database /usr/share/mime/

I don't know who has it in /usr/local?