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Package: file
Version: 4.17-1
Severity: minor
Hi,
the file(1) manpage states that:
The information identi‐
fying these files is read from /etc/magic and the compiled magic file
/usr/share/file/magic.mgc , or /usr/share/file/magic if the compile
file does not exist. In addition file will look in $HOME/.magic.mgc ,
or $HOME/.magic for magic entries.
I thought this meant that if ~/.magic exists, its contents are used in
addition to what is contained in the default magic files. However,
looking at the source, if ~/.magic exists, then /etc/magic and
/usr/share/file/magic seem to be completely ignored.
Could this behaviour be changed, or the documentation clarified about
this?
Thanks,
Julien Cristau
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages file depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libmagic1 4.17-1 File type determination library us
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime
file recommends no packages.
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Julien Cristau
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http://liafa.jussieu.fr/~jcristau/
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Package: file
Version: 4.24-3
This bug is now fixed. (The documentation has been clarified as requested.)
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