GNU bug report logs - #33499
file-5.33 doesn't detect berkeley-db files correctly

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From: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: file-5.33 doesn't detect berkeley-db files correctly
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 13:10:48 +0100

Hi,

our file on core-updates (soon to be master), fails to detect
berkeley-db files correctly. I've sent a bug report upstream about this
issue here: https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=54

This issue seems to be only present on file-5.33, and is solved in more
recent versions. I haven't fixed the issue on core-updates because it's
a rebuild-the-world change, and I don't think we can push those anymore
at this stage in core-updates.

This issue affects diffoscope, where a test fails because it doesn't
detect the correct file type. You can reproduce the issue with:

file /path/to/diffoscope/source/tests/data/test1.db

which returns `, created: Thu Jan 1 00:38:24 1970` instead of `Berkeley
DB (Btree, version 9, native byte-order)`.

For now, I've disabled the test in diffoscope, so we can build it.
Other packages might be affected by this bug.

Message #10 received at 33499-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
Cc: 33499-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33499: file-5.33 doesn't detect berkeley-db files correctly
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2021 23:37:42 -0400

Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu> writes:

> Hi,
>
> our file on core-updates (soon to be master), fails to detect
> berkeley-db files correctly. I've sent a bug report upstream about this
> issue here: https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=54
>
> This issue seems to be only present on file-5.33, and is solved in more
> recent versions. I haven't fixed the issue on core-updates because it's
> a rebuild-the-world change, and I don't think we can push those anymore
> at this stage in core-updates.

We now have 5.38 on master.  Closing.

Thanks,

Maxim

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