file -i (mime type) has bug ?

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Sep 08), J. T. Farmer said:
> Dan Nelson wrote:
> >In the last episode (Sep 08), Andriy Gapon said:
> >>on 08.09.2005 19:29 Dan Nelson said the following:
> >>>-i uses the magic.mime file instead of the standard magic file,
> >>>and there are no entries for RISC executables in there.
> >>
> >>Oh I see, completely different database. BTW who is in charge of
> >>this file - freebsd or some 3rd party (GNU?) from which we take
> >>file as contrib ?
> >
> >/usr/src/contrib/file/FREEBSD-upgrade says the original source is at
> >ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ .  We are at 4.10; the latest version
> >is 4.15.
> 
> Is there someone responsible for tracking this and importing newer
> versions?

According to CVS, David O'Brien has done all the previous imports.
No-one is strictly "responsible" for tracking 3rd-party updates though. 
Imports are usually done on an as-needed basis.

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com