On 2023-06-02 raf <g...@raf.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 07:14:55PM +0200, Andreas Metzler <g...@bebt.de> 
> wrote:
[...]
> > file reads from $(datadir)/misc and libmagic-mgc ships
> > /usr/lib/file/magic.mgc which is symlinked to /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc.
> > 
> > cu Andreas
> 
> Thanks. On Debian the symlink is in the other direction.
> 
>   > l /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc /usr/share/file/magic.mgc 
> /usr/lib/file/magic.mgc
>   /usr/lib/file/magic.mgc
>   /usr/share/file/magic.mgc -> ../../lib/file/magic.mgc
>   /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc -> ../../lib/file/magic.mgc

Eh, no. ;-) That is exactly what I described: "libmagic-mgc ships
/usr/lib/file/magic.mgc" (i.e. that is the file) and "it symlinked to" ...
(i.e. here is the symlink).

cu Andreas
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