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diff --git a/conf/mime.types b/conf/mime.types
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--- a/conf/mime.types
+++ b/conf/mime.types
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
# VERSIONS OF CUPS. Instead, create a "local.types" file that
# reflects your local configuration changes.
#
-# Copyright 2007-2008 by Apple Inc.
+# Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.
# Copyright 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
#
# These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@
#
# MIME type names are case-insensitive. Internally they are converted
# to lowercase. Multiple occurrences of a type will cause the provided
-# rules to be appended to the existing definition. Type names are sorted
-# in ascending order, so if two types use the same rules to resolve a type
-# (e.g. doc extension for two types), the returned type will be the first
-# type in the sorted list.
+# rules to be appended to the existing definition. If two types use the same
+# rules to resolve a type and have the same priority, e.g. "doc" extension for
+# "text/bar" and "text/foo", the returned type will be the first type as
+# sorted in alphanumerically ascending order without regard to case. Thus,
+# the "text/bar" type will match the "doc" extension first unless the
+# "text/foo" type has specified a higher priority.
#
# The "printable" rule differs from the "ascii" rule in that it also
# accepts 8-bit characters in the range 128-255.