From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Mar 9 13:32:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CBD737B417; Sat, 9 Mar 2002 13:32:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from roam@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g29LNX163029; Sat, 9 Mar 2002 13:23:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roam) Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 13:23:33 -0800 (PST) From: Message-Id: <200203092123.g29LNX163029@freefall.freebsd.org> To: eric@stat.duke.edu, roam@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/35679: file(1) does not identify OSF/1 binaries Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Synopsis: file(1) does not identify OSF/1 binaries State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: roam State-Changed-When: Sat Mar 9 13:20:08 PST 2002 State-Changed-Why: As witnessed by the file(1) sources being in the src/contrib/ directory, as well as the presence and contents of the src/contrib/file/FREEBSD-UPGRADE file, file(1) is not developed within FreeBSD, but is imported from the externally developed and maintained file(1) program by Christos Zoulas. You should try to contact Christos directory (he has a history of being quite responsive to suggestions regarding the file(1) magic database) at his e-mail address . Thanks for trying to enhance FreeBSD! http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=35679 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message