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

Wed May 23 21:49:02 UTC 2007

According to Poul-Henning Kamp:
> On this I would tend to disagree strongly.  The ability to identify
> random files have been a key component of UNIX for many years and
> I think people would be significantly surprised if we stopped
> providing it.

Agreed, take this message as a strong no from myself as well.
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