/usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-raster-ecw.desktop is in qgis 2.8.6+dfsg-1build1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o644.
The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.
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Type=MimeType
MimeType=application/x-raster-ecw
Hidden=false
Comment=ECW raster data
Comment[de]=ECW-Rasterdaten
Icon=qgis-mime
Patterns=*.ecw;
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