Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 14:15:39 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/67236: file(1) does a poor job of recognizing Makefiles Message-ID: <20040528121539.GA1693@arthur.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <79314.1085697496@monkeys.com> References: <200405272144.i4RLiWep030847@freefall.freebsd.org> <79314.1085697496@monkeys.com>
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--cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004.05.27 15:38:16 -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: >=20 > In message <200405272144.i4RLiWep030847@freefall.freebsd.org>, you wrote: >=20 > >Synopsis: file(1) does a poor job of recognizing Makefiles > > > >State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > >State-Changed-By: simon > >State-Changed-When: Thu May 27 14:44:29 PDT 2004 > >State-Changed-Why:=20 > >File is externally maintained and FreeBSD does not make local > >modifications to it, so please take this up with the find developers. > >You can find file at ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/. > >Note: there is a new version of find available, but I tested > >it and it does not do a better job of detecting makefiles. > > > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D67236 >=20 > Excuse me, but it would appear that your suggestion that I take up > this issue with the (external) maintainer of file(1) may be impractical > for this simple reason that the specific version of the file(1) > command that is being distributed, at present, with reasonably recent > releases of FreeBSD (e.g. 5.2.1)... that is, file-3.41 (according to > the output of `file -v') is clearly obsolete and, more importantly, Edwin has responded to the most important parts, but I will just add a few more comments. I noticed that the file version on the base system was "old" which why I noted in the PR close mail, that there was a new version of file available (even though I for some reason wrote "find"), and that it also seemed to detect the few makefile's I tested as English text. As Edwin noted, there is a file(1) port so you can test a 4.X version. The Makefile detection is not specific to FreeBSD which is also why I think it's better to contact the file authors. I hope this makes it more clear that closing the PR wasn't meant as "Go away, we don't care", but rather that you have a much better chance of getting this fixed/improved by contacting the file(1) authors. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAty1rh9pcDSc1mlERAoDaAJ9Vi4UImGMVjlKonvJmQiHda6bOlgCgifQn l5SKnHV43j+h/1Hw+y3Q7no= =aigi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e--
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