Update bug reporting addresses and make more visible.

diff --git a/README b/README
index a8d0ad6bf29d4a550253143d6a33b178511f53b0..baa3f64c0502285406c235a51b2c21662947a67e 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 ** README for file(1) Command **
-@(#) $File: README,v 1.41 2008/12/02 16:34:46 christos Exp $
+@(#) $File: README,v 1.42 2009/02/14 15:16:24 christos Exp $
 
-E-mail: christos@astron.com
 Mailing List: file@mx.gw.com
+Bug tracker: http://bugs.gw.com/
+E-mail: christos@astron.com
 
 Phone: Do not even think of telephoning me about this program. Send cash first!
 
 This is Release 5.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable)
-file(1) command. This version is the standard "file" command for Linux,
+file(1) command, an implementation of the Unix File(1) command.
+It knows the 'magic number' of several thousands of file types.
+This version is the standard "file" command for Linux,
 *BSD, and other systems. (See "patchlevel.h" for the exact release number).
 
+You can download the latest version of file from:
+
+       ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/
+
 The major changes for 5.x are CDF file parsing, indirect magic, and
 overhaul in mime and ascii encoding handling.
 
@@ -102,33 +109,6 @@ guidelines:
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-You can download the latest version of file from:
-
-       ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/
-
-If your gzip sometimes fails to decompress things complaining about a short
-file, apply this patch [which is going to be in the next version of gzip]:
-*** -   Tue Oct 29 02:06:35 1996
---- util.c      Sun Jul 21 21:51:38 1996
-*** 106,111 ****
---- 108,114 ----
-  
-      if (insize == 0) {
-        if (eof_ok) return EOF;
-+       flush_window();
-        read_error();
-      }
-      bytes_in += (ulg)insize;
-
 Parts of this software were developed at SoftQuad Inc., developers
 of SGML/HTML/XML publishing software, in Toronto, Canada.
-SoftQuad was swallowed up by Corel in 2002
-and does not exist any longer.
-
-From: Kees Zeelenberg
-
-An MS-Windows (Win32) port of File-4.17 is available from
-http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/
-
-File is an implementation of the Unix File(1) command.
-It knows the 'magic number' of several thousands of file types.
+SoftQuad was swallowed up by Corel in 2002 and does not exist any longer.

diff --git a/doc/file.man b/doc/file.man
index ccc7caf958483ada0ab66e1fdb6465a760e8e320..4e6b95dd039f13b85329da3dfcdf020bbeef6639 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/file.man
+++ b/doc/file.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $File: file.man,v 1.83 2010/02/23 23:33:48 christos Exp $
+.\" $File: file.man,v 1.85 2010/10/07 01:15:20 christos Exp $
 .Dd July 23, 2010
 .Dt FILE __CSECTION__
 .Os
@@ -494,9 +494,10 @@ Altered by Eric Fischer (enf@pobox.com), July, 2000,
 to identify character codes and attempt to identify the languages
 of non-ASCII files.
 .Pp
-Altered by Reuben Thomas (rrt@sc3d.org), 2007 to 2008, to improve MIME
+Altered by Reuben Thomas (rrt@sc3d.org), 2007-2009, to improve MIME
 support and merge MIME and non-MIME magic, support directories as well
-as files of magic, apply many bug fixes and improve the build system.
+as files of magic, apply many bug fixes, update and fix a lot of magic,
+and improve the build system.
 .Pp
 The list of contributors to the
 .Sq magic
@@ -518,9 +519,9 @@ were written by John Gilmore from his public-domain
 program, and are not covered by the above license.
 .Sh BUGS
 .Pp
-There must be a better way to automate the construction of the Magic
-file from all the glop in Magdir.
-What is it?
+Please report bugs and send patches to the bug tracker at
+http://bugs.gw.com/
+or the mailing list at file@mx.gw.com.
 .Pp
 .Nm
 uses several algorithms that favor speed over accuracy,