Package: file
Version: 1:5.35-2
Severity: wishlist
I get the following error:
$ file -e foo /dev/null
Usage: file [-bcCdEhikLlNnprsvzZ0] [--apple] [--extension] [--mime-encoding]
[--mime-type] [-e <testname>] [-F <separator>] [-f <namefile>]
[-m <magicfiles>] [-P <parameter=value>] <file> ...
file -C [-m <magicfiles>]
file [--help]
because testname foo does not exist. This should silently be ignored,
so that if the testname is added in a later version, one can
unconditionally use "file -e foo" on all machines.
As an example, "file -e json" works in Debian/unstable, but not
in stretch.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500,
'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=POSIX
(charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages file depends on:
ii libc6 2.28-7
ii libmagic1 1:5.35-2
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1
file recommends no packages.
file suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
