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    Source package: file
    Version: 4.26-alt14
    Build time:  Sep 4, 2020, 08:52 PM in the task #254187
    Category: File tools
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    License: BSD-style
    Summary: A utility for determining file types
    Description: 
    The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
    type of data contained by the file.  file can identify many different
    file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
    different graphics formats.

    List of rpms provided by this srpm:
    file (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, armh, aarch64)
    file-debuginfo (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, armh, aarch64)
    libmagic (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, armh, aarch64)
    libmagic-debuginfo (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, armh, aarch64)
    libmagic-devel (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, armh, aarch64)
    libmagic-devel-static (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, armh, aarch64)
    python-module-magic (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, armh, aarch64)
    python-module-magic-debuginfo (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, armh, aarch64)

    Maintainer: Dmitry V. Levin


      1. python-devel = 2.7
      2. rpm-build-python >= 0.8
      3. python-module-setuptools
      4. zlib-devel

    Last changed


    Aug. 28, 2020 Dmitry V. Levin 4.26-alt14
    - Removed (by Vitaly Chikunov) weak magic for:
      - Sun disk label (to fix generation of debuginfo for kernel modules);
      - CLIPPER instruction on VAX (to fix misdetection of manpages).
    March 22, 2017 Dmitry V. Levin 4.26-alt13
    - Backported readelf fix (by sem@; fixes: CVE-2014-9653).
    - Backported magic for lrzip, lz4, zstd, and snappy.
    - Backported -z support for lrzip, lz4, and zstd.
    Dec. 8, 2015 Dmitry V. Levin 4.26-alt12
    - Added magic for GNU M4 frozen state files.