RFC: Removing file(1)+libmagic(3) from the base system

Maxim Konovalov maxim at macomnet.ru
Wed May 23 19:50:47 UTC 2007


On Wed, 23 May 2007, 09:38-0700, Colin Percival wrote:

> FreeBSD architects and file(1) maintainer,
>
> I'd like to remove file(1) and libmagic(3) from the FreeBSD base system
> for the following reasons:
[...]

I'm not a FreeBSD architect or file(1) maintainer but please don't.
It is very useful to have file(1) in the base system.

-- 
Maxim Konovalov


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