[arch-dev-public] [signoff] file 5.00-1

Tom K tom at archlinux.org
Sat Feb 7 07:38:06 EST 2009


Andreas Radke wrote:
> a new upstream release with some changes. please signoff.
>
> -Andy
>
> From:
>
>     ftp://ftp.astron.com:/pub/file/file-5.00.tar.gz
>
> Thanks to everyone who tested, wrote code, or contributed fixes! I
> bumped the version to 5.00 because there were a lot of changes in the
> code that might affect how file behaves now compared to in the past (I
> have not found any regressions, but there might be).
>
> 	- add CDF file support (Microsoft Office <= 2007)
> 	- add recursive magic, so we can handle ID3 files properly
> 	- str{cat,cpy} -> strl{cpy,cat}
> 	- --mime* flags now really work
> 	- add --apple magic
> 	- many encoding fixes
> 	- read ~/.magic in addition to the default magic file not
> 	  instead of, as documented in the man page
> 	- many magic changes
>
> christos
>
>   
Sign-off. both arches.

T.


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