Index: freedesktop.org.xml.in
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RCS file: /cvs/mime/shared-mime-info/freedesktop.org.xml.in,v
retrieving revision 1.416
diff -u -r1.416 freedesktop.org.xml.in
--- freedesktop.org.xml.in	31 Jul 2009 15:13:45 -0000	1.416
+++ freedesktop.org.xml.in	6 Sep 2009 08:51:56 -0000
@@ -135,6 +135,14 @@
     </magic>
     <glob pattern="*.mbox"/>
   </mime-type>
+  <mime-type type="application/metalink+xml">
+    <_comment>Metalink file</_comment>
+    <sub-class-of type="application/xml"/>
+    <magic priority="50">
+      <match type="string" value="&lt;metalink" offset="0:256"/>
+    </magic>
+    <glob pattern="*.metalink"/>
+  </mime-type>
   <mime-type type="application/octet-stream">
     <_comment>unknown</_comment>
     <glob pattern="*.bin"/>
Index: tests/list
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RCS file: /cvs/mime/shared-mime-info/tests/list,v
retrieving revision 1.87
diff -u -r1.87 list
--- tests/list	31 Jul 2009 15:15:37 -0000	1.87
+++ tests/list	6 Sep 2009 08:51:56 -0000
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@
 project.glade application/x-glade
 # Copied from http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14085
 ISOcyr1.ent application/xml-external-parsed-entity ox
+# Copied from http://www.metalinker.org/samples/abiword-setup-2.4.6.exe.metalink
+test.metalink application/metalink+xml
 
 # Archives
 # Copied from http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14909