Package: file Version: 5.04-5 Severity: normal As far as I can tell, the new Debian release has removed the magic number list that used to be called /usr/share/file/magic[1]. magic.mgc is all that's left, and it's not human-readable.
It was nice to be able to get a judgement from file(1) and then find the corresponding entry in the magic list and peek at the neighboring entries and comments to learn more about the format. Now that's not possible. /usr/share/file/magic is an empty directory, and I don't know why. [1] and before that, used to be called /usr/share/misc/file/magic[2] [2] and before bureaucratic nonsense took over, was called /etc/magic -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.1 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.37+ Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libmagic1 depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime libmagic1 recommends no packages. Versions of packages libmagic1 suggests: ii file 5.04-5 Determines file type using "magic" Versions of packages file depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
