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Date:      Thu, 8 Sep 2005 15:05:59 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        "J. T. Farmer" <jfarmer@goldsword.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: file -i (mime type) has bug ?
Message-ID:  <20050908200559.GC84582@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <43208D75.1020000@goldsword.com>
References:  <43206231.1050403@icyb.net.ua> <43206598.2080701@icyb.net.ua> <20050908162930.GA84582@dan.emsphone.com> <43206798.2010509@icyb.net.ua> <20050908170944.GB84582@dan.emsphone.com> <43208D75.1020000@goldsword.com>

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In the last episode (Sep 08), J. T. Farmer said:
> Dan Nelson wrote:
> >In the last episode (Sep 08), Andriy Gapon said:
> >>on 08.09.2005 19:29 Dan Nelson said the following:
> >>>-i uses the magic.mime file instead of the standard magic file,
> >>>and there are no entries for RISC executables in there.
> >>
> >>Oh I see, completely different database. BTW who is in charge of
> >>this file - freebsd or some 3rd party (GNU?) from which we take
> >>file as contrib ?
> >
> >/usr/src/contrib/file/FREEBSD-upgrade says the original source is at
> >ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ .  We are at 4.10; the latest version
> >is 4.15.
> 
> Is there someone responsible for tracking this and importing newer
> versions?

According to CVS, David O'Brien has done all the previous imports.
No-one is strictly "responsible" for tracking 3rd-party updates though. 
Imports are usually done on an as-needed basis.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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