Ubuntu
file package

/usr/share/misc/magic no longer available

Bug #217827 reported by Marc Tardif
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
file (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Matthias Klose
Hardy
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

FHS says that a Linux distro needs to provide /usr/share/misc/magic, as a symlink if necessary. It seems like upstream has moved the stuff generically to /usr/share/file/magic. This should be fixed on order to be LSB certified.

TESTCASE
install file and libmagic1
$ readlink -e /usr/share/misc/magic
- if no pathname is returned, file does not exist

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Marcus Asshauer (mcas) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug. I can confirm this on Hardy with uptodate patches.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

Accepted into -proposed, please test and give feedback here

Changed in file:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Steve Beattie (sbeattie)
description: updated
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Steve Beattie (sbeattie) wrote :

I've verified that /usr/share/misc/magic does not exist in {file,libmagic1} 4.21-3 in Hardy and does exist in 4.21-3ubuntu1 in Hardy-proposed.

The file command still appears to work for me, as tested against the random collection of binaries, libraries, and scripts in various languages.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Copied to hardy-updates.

Changed in file:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Needs to be fixed ASAP in Intrepid, too.

Changed in file:
assignee: nobody → doko
milestone: none → intrepid-alpha-2
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Oh, it was:

file (4.24-2ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Add symlinks to /usr/share/misc to conform to the LSB (not just in spirit).
    LP: #217827.

 -- Matthias Klose < <email address hidden>> Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:01:51 +0200

Changed in file:
milestone: intrepid-alpha-2 → none
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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