-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
file or rather libmagic1 ships its magic files in /usr/share/file/, namely this used to be: /usr/share/file/magic /usr/share/file/magic.mgc /usr/share/file/magic.mime /usr/share/file/magic.mime.mgc where as *.mgc are the binary files which are used by file/libmagic, and the others are the conlgomerated source files *for informational purposes only*. The sources have never been used by file for anything, and nobody shall do this either[0]. However, as of file version 4.24, the format of the sources has changed in order to compile the mime files from the magics automatically[1]. This means, that if you are using the magic or magic.mime files directly, your package will break anyway. Additionally since file 4.24, those packages that need/want to introduce new magics unknown to file (and for strange reasons are not considering it to include in the debian file package or upstream), can now do it by storing their magic snippeds in /usr/share/file/, and call file - --compile to produce the binary magics file (more on that at a later point). In unstable (and testing, soon), this has been avoided by an extra step of dumping a plain magic file in the old format and including the legacy copy of magic.mime from file version 4.23[2]. As soon as lenny is released, these will disappear and you're supposed to eventually convert your packages. Probably, I will also fill bug reports before lenny release to affected packages. Regards, Daniel [0] they *could* change format suddenly, only the library and its bindings are safe. [1] which is a big improvement and means, that the mime entries are no longer endlessly lacking behind to catch up with the magics. [2] this won't be updated to 4.24 though, so really don't use it anymore if you want to have recent magics. - -- Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIHF/h+C5cwEsrK54RAiCsAKCgINMg/u9PaufJ2+KHrEoW73qejgCcCG9C MmMzwiblFWKjQ9nyZbCtJXw= =UsQm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]