Re: [GTALUG] 'file' maintainer? (or fun with PIE and magic)

On Thursday, February 08 2018, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > On 2018-02-07 02:54 PM, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote: Thanks for the bug report; only this is not a bug. PIE executables are shared objects. There is no way to tell them apart from shared objects. > > So we're kind

Re: [GTALUG] 'file' maintainer? (or fun with PIE and magic)

On 2018-02-08 02:47 PM, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote: > > Yeah, I tend to agree with the maintainer here, although I find the term > "shared object" a bit overloaded. Good news is that he *has* decided to make the change, since so many packages depend on what file/magic does. > So I guess there

[GTALUG] printer options

I usually like printing on both sides of a piece of paper. For arcane reasons, this is called "duplexing" (a lot of printing terminology is arcane). When I buy a printer, I always try for one that can do automatic duplexing. Context: I use Fedora with Gnome and CUPS. For years now, I've been a

Re: [GTALUG] printer options

On Feb 8, 2018 6:31 PM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: Printer settings can get even more complicated when you look at ppds. I think that is because different printers have different settings. I'd strongly advise any sane user to avoid looking at PPDs. Initially they

Re: [GTALUG] 'file' maintainer? (or fun with PIE and magic)

On 2018-02-07 02:54 PM, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote: > > Unfortunately it seems that "file" is not "properly maintained" in > the sense that the project doesn't have a trivial way to receive > contributions. But it does help when list members like Chris know the original developer and can get