Randy McMurchy wrote: > DJ Lucas wrote: > > >>>>>> Roll back to file-4.21. The newer versions of file do not display the >>>>>> character set if type is text/troff >>>>>> >> Well, that is a separate issue. File is still broken (either 4.21 with >> illogical guessing at the character encoding of text files, or 4.25 with >> non-working -e switch). I didn't bother trying the -e switch with 4.26 >> because I incorrectly assumed that the missing charset= output was a >> regression. >> > > I can't determine what version of File to use in the book. > I used 4.26. DJ's book uses 4.23 (4.23 is what is in SVN > right now). I really couldn't find the resolution of the > problem described above in all the different posts on the > subject, so I don't know which version to use. I'll skip > the File package update for now. > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > I reverted to 4.23. I never got a chance to see if 4.26 worked. In 4.25, the -e (exclude) switch is broken, both long an short options do not work.
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