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Date:      Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:13:57 -0400
From:      "J. T. Farmer" <jfarmer@goldsword.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: file -i (mime type) has bug ?
Message-ID:  <43208D75.1020000@goldsword.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050908170944.GB84582@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <43206231.1050403@icyb.net.ua> <43206598.2080701@icyb.net.ua>	<20050908162930.GA84582@dan.emsphone.com>	<43206798.2010509@icyb.net.ua> <20050908170944.GB84582@dan.emsphone.com>

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Dan Nelson wrote:

>In the last episode (Sep 08), Andriy Gapon said:
>  
>
>>on 08.09.2005 19:29 Dan Nelson said the following:
>>    
>>
>>>-i uses the magic.mime file instead of the standard magic file, and
>>>there are no entries for RISC executables in there.
>>>      
>>>
>>Oh I see, completely different database.
>>BTW who is in charge of this file - freebsd or some 3rd party (GNU?)
>>from which we take file as contrib ?
>>    
>>
>
>/usr/src/contrib/file/FREEBSD-upgrade says the original source is at
>ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ .  We are at 4.10; the latest version is
>4.15.
>

Is there someone responsible for tracking this and importing newer versions?

John

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