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From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
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Subject: Re: RFC: Removing file(1)+libmagic(3) from the base system
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According to Poul-Henning Kamp:
> On this I would tend to disagree strongly.  The ability to identify
> random files have been a key component of UNIX for many years and
> I think people would be significantly surprised if we stopped
> providing it.

Agreed, take this message as a strong no from myself as well.
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Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
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