Hi Michael,
* Michael Piefel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [15. Mär. 2006]:
> The behaviour described in the report is the documented behaviour of
> file. You did not include any location in the local magic search path
> that contains a *.mime file. Note that the position of file???s standard
> magic files has changed, and the path /usr/share/misc/file/magic you
> gave is not valid anymore.
My local magic search path contains at least two *.mime
files. Thus at least the error message is misleading.
I tried the almost same tests as in my bug report
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> but gave more
attention to the existence of magic files.
The results are really strange:
0 pit:/tmp/file$ ls -Altr
total 732
-rw-r--r-- 1 grfz grfz 232720 2004-12-06 12:17 libmagic1_4.12-1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 grfz grfz 28568 2004-12-06 12:17 file_4.12-1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 grfz grfz 259404 2005-10-14 16:47 libmagic1_4.15-2_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 grfz grfz 30316 2005-10-14 16:47 file_4.15-2_i386.deb
-rwx------ 1 grfz grfz 164864 2006-03-15 20:02 ms-word-file.doc*
0 pit:/tmp/file$ apt-cache policy file
file:
Installed: 4.12-1
Candidate: 4.15-2
Version table:
4.15-2 0
500 file: unstable/main Packages
500 ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de unstable/main Packages
500 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
*** 4.12-1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0 pit:/tmp/file$ dpkg -L file
/.
/etc
/etc/magic
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/file
/usr/share
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man1
/usr/share/man/man1/file.1.gz
/usr/share/bug
/usr/share/bug/file
/usr/share/bug/file/presubj
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/file
/usr/share/doc/file/ChangeLog.gz
/usr/share/doc/file/copyright
/usr/share/doc/file/changelog.Debian.gz
0 pit:/tmp/file$ dpkg -L libmagic1
/.
/usr
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1.0.0
/usr/share
/usr/share/misc
/usr/share/misc/file
/usr/share/misc/file/magic
/usr/share/misc/file/magic.mime
/usr/share/misc/file/magic.mgc
/usr/share/misc/file/magic.mime.mgc
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man5
/usr/share/man/man5/magic.5.gz
/usr/share/bug
/usr/share/bug/libmagic1
/usr/share/bug/libmagic1/control
/usr/share/bug/libmagic1/presubj
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/libmagic1
/usr/share/doc/libmagic1/copyright
/usr/share/doc/libmagic1/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1
0 pit:/tmp/file$ ls -Altr ~/.magic{,.*} ~/.mutt/.magic{,.*}
/etc/magic{,.*} /usr/share/misc/file/magic{,.*}
ls: /home/grfz/.magic: No such file or directory
ls: /home/grfz/.magic.*: No such file or directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1447 2004-07-09 17:46 /etc/magic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112 2004-07-09 17:51 /etc/magic.mime
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30429 2004-12-06 10:55
/usr/share/misc/file/magic.mime
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 385258 2004-12-06 10:55 /usr/share/misc/file/magic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41728 2004-12-06 10:55
/usr/share/misc/file/magic.mime.mgc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 810880 2004-12-06 10:55
/usr/share/misc/file/magic.mgc
-rw-r--r-- 1 grfz grfz 321749 2005-05-08 20:29 /home/grfz/.mutt/.magic.mime
-rw-r--r-- 1 grfz grfz 321749 2005-05-08 20:29 /home/grfz/.mutt/.magic
2 pit:/tmp/file$ file -m
~/.magic:~/.mutt/.magic:/etc/magic:/usr/share/misc/file/magic -bi
ms-word-file.doc
application/msword
Note this invokation of file works flawlessly (see exit code
of command at the beginning of the next line of output on the
terminal) although neither ~/.magic nor ~/.magic.mime
exists. But some of them exist.
0 pit:/tmp/file$ sudo dpkg -i libmagic1_4.15-2_i386.deb
file_4.15-2_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 131763 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libmagic1 4.12-1 (using libmagic1_4.15-2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libmagic1 ...
Preparing to replace file 4.12-1 (using file_4.15-2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement file ...
Setting up libmagic1 (4.15-2) ...
Setting up file (4.15-2) ...
0 pit:/tmp/file$ apt-cache policy file
file:
Installed: 4.15-2
Candidate: 4.15-2
Version table:
*** 4.15-2 0
500 file: unstable/main Packages
500 ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de unstable/main Packages
500 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0 pit:/tmp/file$ dpkg -L file
/.
/etc
/etc/magic
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/file
/usr/share
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man1
/usr/share/man/man1/file.1.gz
/usr/share/bug
/usr/share/bug/file
/usr/share/bug/file/presubj
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/file
/usr/share/doc/file/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/file/copyright
/usr/share/doc/file/changelog.Debian.gz
0 pit:/tmp/file$ dpkg -L libmagic1
/.
/usr
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1.0.0
/usr/share
/usr/share/file
/usr/share/file/magic
/usr/share/file/magic.mime
/usr/share/file/magic.mgc
/usr/share/file/magic.mime.mgc
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man5
/usr/share/man/man5/magic.5.gz
/usr/share/bug
/usr/share/bug/libmagic1
/usr/share/bug/libmagic1/control
/usr/share/bug/libmagic1/presubj
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/libmagic1
/usr/share/doc/libmagic1/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/libmagic1/copyright
/usr/share/doc/libmagic1/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1
0 pit:/tmp/file$ ls -Altr ~/.magic{,.*} ~/.mutt/.magic{,.*}
/etc/magic{,.*} /usr/share/misc/file/magic{,.*}
ls: /home/grfz/.magic: No such file or directory
ls: /home/grfz/.magic.*: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/share/misc/file/magic: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/share/misc/file/magic.*: No such file or directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1447 2004-07-09 17:46 /etc/magic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112 2004-07-09 17:51 /etc/magic.mime
-rw-r--r-- 1 grfz grfz 321749 2005-05-08 20:29 /home/grfz/.mutt/.magic.mime
-rw-r--r-- 1 grfz grfz 321749 2005-05-08 20:29 /home/grfz/.mutt/.magic
2 pit:/tmp/file$ file -m
~/.magic:~/.mutt/.magic:/etc/magic:/usr/share/misc/file/magic -bi
ms-word-file.doc
file: could not find any magic files!
Note this invokation of file fails although some the files
given in the "alternate list of files containing magic
numbers" exists. Therefore the error message is at least
misleading.
1 pit:/tmp/file$ file -m ~/.mutt/.magic:/etc/magic -bi ms-word-file.doc
application/x-archive
0 pit:/tmp/file$ file -m ~/.mutt/.magic:/etc/magic:/usr/share/file/magic
-bi ms-word-file.doc
application/x-archive
Note this invokations work (but misidentify the ms-word-file.doc):
all of the files listed in the "alternate list of files containing
magic numbers" exist.
0 pit:/tmp/file$ file -m
~/.magic:~/.mutt/.magic:/etc/magic:/usr/share/file/magic -bi ms-word-file.doc
application/msword
0 pit:/tmp/file$
Note this invokation works (and correctly identifies the
ms-word-file.doc): The only difference to the above command
lines is the prepended "~/.magic:" in the "alternate
list of files containing magic numbers" but this prepended file
does not exist (nor does ~/.magic.mime, see above).
I then thought the problem might only arise with appended
non-existing files, but:
0 pit:/tmp/file$ file -m
~/.mutt/.magic:/etc/magic:/usr/share/file/magic:~/.magic -bi ms-word-file.doc
application/x-archive
gives no error but also misidentifies the MS Word file.
Do you have any explanation for this result?
I think file should work without error when providing a
*search* path with at least ine existing *.mime file.
It would be nice if file would identify MS Word files as
application/ms-word.
Thanx for reading my bug report,
Gregor
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