Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:29:20 +0000 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: Mike Edenfield <kutulu@kutulu.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libmagic Message-ID: <424C4F90.8080708@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <424C4E18.9000604@kutulu.org> References: <200503291443.27311.aj@siegel-tech.net> <424B5F30.6040409@chuckr.org> <200503302304.36661.bulk_mail@siegel-tech.net> <424C4919.5080001@chuckr.org> <424C4E18.9000604@kutulu.org>
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Mike Edenfield wrote: > Chuck Robey wrote: > >> Aaron Siegel wrote: > > > Good advice, in general, but may not help him here. The file he's > looking for *is* part of the base system and *should* be in > /usr/include. The real problem he needs to solve is, why isn't this > file getting installed on his system? It's present on both my -CURRENT > and -STABLE systems, where it belongs: > > kutulu@basement:/usr/src/lib/libmagic$ ls /usr/include/magic.h > 4 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 2785 Feb 3 11:02 /usr/include/magic.h > > The header (part of the file utility, contrib/file) is the interface for > the libmagic library, again part of the base system: > > kutulu@basement:/usr/src/lib/libmagic$ ls /usr/lib/libmagic.so.* > 52 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 52848 Mar 2 22:30 /usr/lib/libmagic.so.1 OK, you talked me into taking a look, and from the logs, looks like the magic.h installation begin as of November of last year. Maybe his system is that old? > > --Mike > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, Signa Phi Nothing). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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