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Re: [bug #64253] Suggestion - Add support for libmagic and xattr
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Andreas Metzler |
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Re: [bug #64253] Suggestion - Add support for libmagic and xattr |
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Fri, 2 Jun 2023 18:44:30 +0200 |
On 2023-06-02 raf <gnu@raf.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 07:14:55PM +0200, Andreas Metzler <gnu@bebt.de> wrote:
[...]
> > file reads from $(datadir)/misc and libmagic-mgc ships
> > /usr/lib/file/magic.mgc which is symlinked to /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc.
> >
> > cu Andreas
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> Thanks. On Debian the symlink is in the other direction.
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> > l /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc /usr/share/file/magic.mgc
> /usr/lib/file/magic.mgc
> /usr/lib/file/magic.mgc
> /usr/share/file/magic.mgc -> ../../lib/file/magic.mgc
> /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc -> ../../lib/file/magic.mgc
Eh, no. ;-) That is exactly what I described: "libmagic-mgc ships
/usr/lib/file/magic.mgc" (i.e. that is the file) and "it symlinked to" ...
(i.e. here is the symlink).
cu Andreas
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