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Fedora Core 3: 4.12-1.FC3.1 Moderate: File Command Bug Patch

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Calendar Grey February 1, 2005
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Attention Fedora Core 3 users: A new update for the 'file' command, version 4.12-1.FC3.1, is now available, fixing bugs and enhancing functionality
The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data contained by the file

Summary

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.

You should install the file package, since the file command is such a

useful utility.

- core64 patch fixing output on core files (#145354)

- fixed crashes in threaded environment (#143871)

- upgrade to file-4.12

- Convert libmagic.3 to UTF-8

- set of patches from debian.org

- new magic types (#128763)

- zlib added to BuildReq (#125294)

fe1c8655cc03cdc713a6c14d6b374614 SRPMS/file-4.12-1.FC3.1.src.rpm

1bf181d1334a1305bc9065e43149351b x86_64/file-4.12-1.FC3.1.x86_64.rpm

8e3381c945ae28de84c7870fef31180a x86_64/debug/file-debuginfo-4.12-1.FC3.1.x86_64.rpm

62f75c70350ab6ddd0d63d0844752348 i386/file-4.12-1.FC3.1.i386.rpm

e4015b331d3a80cfb78a3c26b406f778 i386/debug/file-debuginfo-4.12-1.FC3.1.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can

launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.

fedora-announce-list@redhat.com

Change Log

References

Update Instructions

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Name: file
Version: 4.12
Release: 1.FC3.1
Summary: A utility for determining file types.

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