Randy McMurchy wrote:
> I actually
> was able to patch the file.c source and things work again.
If anyone is interested in looking at or testing the patch,
here it is (it's also in the repo):
Submitted By: Randy McMurchy <randy_at_linuxfromscratch_dot_org>
Date: 2008-10-08
Initial Package Version: 4.26
Upstream Status: Attempting to notify upstream of the problem
Origin: Self
Description: Fixes the -e (--exclude) parameter to actually do
what the documentation says it should do
diff -Naur file-orig/doc/file.man file-4.26/doc/file.man
--- file-orig/doc/file.man 2008-03-07 15:00:07.000000000 +0000
+++ file-4.26/doc/file.man 2008-10-08 13:57:37.000000000 +0000
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
Don't consult magic files.
.It tar
Don't examine tar files.
-.It token
+.It tokens
Don't look for known tokens inside ascii files.
.It troff
Don't look for troff sequences inside ascii files.
diff -Naur file-orig/src/file.c file-4.26/src/file.c
--- file-orig/src/file.c 2008-07-03 15:48:18.000000000 +0000
+++ file-4.26/src/file.c 2008-10-08 13:59:14.000000000 +0000
@@ -148,9 +148,11 @@
{ "ascii", MAGIC_NO_CHECK_ASCII },
{ "compress", MAGIC_NO_CHECK_COMPRESS },
{ "elf", MAGIC_NO_CHECK_ELF },
+ { "fortran", MAGIC_NO_CHECK_FORTRAN },
{ "soft", MAGIC_NO_CHECK_SOFT },
{ "tar", MAGIC_NO_CHECK_TAR },
{ "tokens", MAGIC_NO_CHECK_TOKENS },
+ { "troff", MAGIC_NO_CHECK_TROFF },
};
/* makes islower etc work for other langs */
--
Randy
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