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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Images_detected_as_application__47__octet-stream__44___not_image__47____42__.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Images_detected_as_application__47__octet-stream__44___not_image__47____42__.mdwn
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--- a/doc/bugs/Images_detected_as_application__47__octet-stream__44___not_image__47____42__.mdwn
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@@ -21,3 +21,27 @@ Workaround:
 Other notes:
 
  * Downloading and uploading from a Windows machine via Firefox
+
+---
+
+> File type detection relies on some of the external packages in ikiwiki's Suggests list.
+>
+> Do you have [[!ubupkg file]] installed?
+>
+> Do you have [[!ubupkg libfile-mimeinfo-perl]] installed?
+>
+> --[[smcv]]
+>
+> Yup, we have both of those installed. -- [[David Rix]]
+
+>> This is probably the same thing as
+>> [[bugs/can't upload a simple png image: prohibited by allowed__95__attachments (file MIME type is application__47__octet-stream...]]
+>> which was [[fixed in 2014|done]]. You could open a bug on Launchpad, but
+>> since ikiwiki is in Ubuntu `universe`, it will probably never receive bug fixes.
+>>
+>> I would suggest either upgrading to a version of ikiwiki from a newer Debian or
+>> Ubuntu suite (I'm using the latest release 3.20160121 myself), or applying
+>> [the patch](http://source.ikiwiki.branchable.com/?p=source.git;a=commitdiff;h=77a2267dcfb103b63a675e4a2226076166b29d3f)
+>> manually. --[[smcv]]
+
+>>> Thanks so much for digging into that! There's a new LTS around the corner with a [newer (post 2014) version of ikiwiki](http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/ikiwiki) so we can probably afford to wait and/or switch to a self-managed packaged. -- [[David Rix]]