From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 9 09:18:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D79616A4CE; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:18:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fillmore.dyndns.org (port-212-202-50-15.dynamic.qsc.de [212.202.50.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F0A843D39; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:18:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com) Received: from dhcp-14.local ([172.16.0.14] helo=dhcp-11.local) by fillmore.dyndns.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.41 (FreeBSD)) id 1Bu6I0-0006X7-A9; Mon, 09 Aug 2004 11:17:59 +0200 Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:19:29 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v482) To: obrien@freebsd.org From: Oliver Eikemeier In-Reply-To: <20040809090740.GB31766@dragon.nuxi.com> Message-Id: <37C15666-E9E5-11D8-9C56-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: KMail/1.5.9 cc: Edwin Groothuis cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade of file(1) to 4.10 (including FreeBSD elf(5) fixes) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 09:18:00 -0000 David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 08:31:15PM +0200, Oliver Eikemeier wrote: >> As usual, file(1) has to follow. Anyway, since it works for now, and >> currently there is no reason to break it, why is it bad? I actually >> like >> that feature, and it is useful for debugging ports that should have >> been >> recompiled after a system upgrade. > > Sounds like you're trying to work around bugs in the Ports Collection, > please go fix those bugs and use the proper tool for the job. Could you please elaborate which bugs you are referring to? The current file(1) works fine for me in this aspect, so what are better tools for the job? -Oliver