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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