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Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers
Binary packages in unstable
| Architecture | Version | Section | Installed size |
|---|---|---|---|
| amd64 | 1:5.47-4 | utils | 80 kB |
| arm64 | 1:5.47-4 | utils | 120 kB |
| armhf | 1:5.47-4 | utils | 119 kB |
| i386 | 1:5.47-4 | utils | 75 kB |
| loong64 | 1:5.47-4 | utils | 120 kB |
| ppc64el | 1:5.47-4 | utils | 120 kB |
| riscv64 | 1:5.47-4 | utils | 76 kB |
| s390x | 1:5.47-4 | utils | 80 kB |
Description
Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers
Dependencies amd64
- Depends
- libc6 (>= 2.38), libmagic1t64 (= 1:5.47-4)
Source package
- Name
- file
- Version
- 1:5.47-4
- Maintainer
- Christoph Biedl
- Homepage
- https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
- Repository
- https://git.in-ulm.de/cbiedl/file
Bugs (83 open)
Each bug opens in the Debian bug tracking system, which holds its message log and current state.
- #1034635 important libmagic1: Mis-detects pieces of xlsx as DOS executable (block device driver) on bugs.debian.org pending against libmagic1 by Samuel Thibault reported updated upstream
- #1028125 important wrong source-contains-prebuilt-windows-binary for GB18030-encoded text file on bugs.debian.org pending by Rene Engelhard reported updated
- #1022565 important file: [regression] OpenPGP file MIME type reverted to application/octet-stream on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Paul Wise reported updated forwarded to mailman.astron.com
- #940222 important libmagic1: wrong video detection on bugs.debian.org pending by Paolo Benvenuto reported updated confirmed
- #902796 important /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/magic.py: Aborts; too many arguments to str() on bugs.debian.org pending against src:file reported updated
- #876316 important buggy magic: mistakes many things (including .gz, .apk) as "DOS/MBR boot sector" since 2012-2013 "filesystem improvements" on bugs.debian.org pending by Ximin Luo reported updated upstream
- #863488 important file: upgrade broke file magic on bugs.debian.org pending by Ben Hildred reported updated moreinfounreproducible
- #614800 important Mis-detection as DOS executable (COM) on bugs.debian.org forwarded by George B. reported updated forwarded to mx.gw.com upstream
- #1141781 normal wrong output for zip files when using magic_buffer instead of magic_file on bugs.debian.org pending against libmagic1t64 by Erik Thiele reported updated
- #1136317 normal file imprecisely detects LibreOffice zip-based service files on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Gioele Barabucci reported updated forwarded to mailman.astron.com upstream
- #1134126 normal file: identify Microsoft XPS (XML Paper Specification) and OpenXPS documents instead of ZIP/OOXML on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Md Ayquassar reported updated forwarded to mailman.astron.com
- #1107543 normal libmagic-mgc: needs entries for GGML and GGUF on bugs.debian.org pending against libmagic-mgc by Russell Coker reported updated
- #1104479 normal file: detect MP3 files created by LAME on bugs.debian.org pending by Frank Heckenbach reported updated confirmedmoreinfoupstream
- #1100642 normal File declared wrongly as a javascript on bugs.debian.org pending by Bjarni Ingi Gislason reported updated confirmedupstream
- #1071439 normal file wrongly identifies php script as "C source, ASCII text" on bugs.debian.org pending by Paul Gevers reported updated
- #1068700 normal file: wrong MIME type for RAR files on bugs.debian.org pending-fixed reported updated pending
- #1041041 normal file: superflous 0 prepended to serial number in ntfs filesystem detection on bugs.debian.org forwarded reported updated forwarded to mailman.astron.com confirmed
- #1040467 normal file: /sys/firmware/acpi/bgrt/image strange behaviour on bugs.debian.org pending reported updated upstream
- #1034353 normal mime-type: image/jpeg instead of image/jls on bugs.debian.org forwarded against src:file by Mathieu Malaterre reported updated forwarded to bugs.astron.com confirmedupstream
- #1016216 normal Misdetects BMP images created by Paint 3D on bugs.debian.org pending against libmagic-mgc by Camaleón reported updated
- #1012427 normal file: fails to detect JSON files with many levels on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Vincent Lefevre reported updated forwarded to bugs.astron.com fixed-upstreampatchupstream
- #1011921 normal file: Incorrectly detects Big5 text as ISO-8859 text on bugs.debian.org pending by 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson reported updated moreinfo
- #1008247 normal file: files consisting of JSON + garbage are misdetected as JSON data on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Vincent Lefevre reported updated forwarded to bugs.astron.com fixed-upstreampatchupstream
- #1000952 normal file: black.j2k should report mime-type image/jp2 on bugs.debian.org pending by Mathieu Malaterre reported updated
- #1000873 normal black.jph: JPEG 2000 codestream on bugs.debian.org pending by Mathieu Malaterre reported updated
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