Has this been fixed upstream? Looking at the changelog, there has been a related change, but I'm not sure if it resolves the issue yet, it now says they're both executables.
https://github.com/file/file/blob/219846094c7593e27453e62855e61181089c48cf/ChangeLog file 5.3.3: python3.6: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.4.0, with debug_info, not stripped libpython3.6m.so.1.0: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, with debug_info, not stripped file 5.3.2: python3.6: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.4.0, with debug_info, not stripped libpython3.6m.so.1.0: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, with debug_info, not stripped -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747711 Title: file mis-identifies modern executables as application/x-sharedlib To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file/+bug/1747711/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
