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Source package: file
Version: 4.26-alt13
Latest version according to Repology
Build time:  Mar 22, 2017, 07:43 AM in the task #180646
Category: File tools
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Gear: https://git.altlinux.org/gears/f/file.git?a=tree;hb=a6e907d368f0…
Home page: http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
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, i586)
file-debuginfo (x86_64, i586)
libmagic (x86_64, i586)
libmagic-debuginfo (x86_64, i586)
libmagic-devel (x86_64, i586)
libmagic-devel-static (x86_64, i586)
python-module-magic (x86_64, i586)
python-module-magic-debuginfo (x86_64, i586)
Maintainer: Dmitry V. Levin
List of contributors:
Dmitry V. Levin
Vitaly Kuznetsov
Mikhail Zabaluev
Anton Farygin
ACL:
@core
Vitaly Chikunov
    1. python-devel = 2.7
    2. rpm-build-python >= 0.8
    3. zlib-devel

Last changed

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.
April 5, 2013 Dmitry V. Levin 4.26-alt11
- libmagic: fixed &-prefixed offsets support in magic that uses string flags.
- Enhanced #!/usr/bin/env magic, removed "a " prefix from its output.
- Enhanced python magic and its output.
- Commented out weak sendmail magic (closes: #28310).
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