Bug#742262: file: buggy magic: Regression in recognition of Perl scripts

2014-03-21 Thread Christoph Biedl
Package: file Version: 5.11-2+deb7u2 Severity: normal The recent security update in wheezy introduced a regression in the recognition of some Perl scripts. Technically, this update backported an upstream regression so this is an issue in both wheezy (5.11) and jessie (5.17). Reproducer: printf

Bug#742262: file: buggy magic: Regression in recognition of Perl scripts

2014-03-21 Thread Christoph Biedl
Christoph Biedl wrote... The recent security update in wheezy introduced a regression in the recognition of some Perl scripts. Technically, this update backported an upstream regression so this is an issue in both wheezy (5.11) and jessie (5.17). About jessie, upstream has fixed that in the