In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > where as *.mgc are the binary files which are used by file/libmagic, and > the others are the conlgomerated source files *for informational > purposes only*. The sources have never been used by file for anything, > and nobody shall do this either[0].
So how can a sysadmin add rules? > However, as of file version 4.24, the format of the sources has changed > in order to compile the mime files from the magics automatically[1]. > This means, that if you are using the magic or magic.mime files > directly, your package will break anyway. So it looks to me that file is recreating the (cached) binary versions from the "information purpose only" source files, right? Gruss Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]