From b5aba66924f4d7806daff03120bbb5b569d53991 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reuben Thomas Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 17:25:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update bug reporting addresses and make more visible. --- README | 42 +++++++++++------------------------------- doc/file.man | 13 +++++++------ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index a8d0ad6b..baa3f64c 100644 --- 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 ccc7caf9..4e6b95dd 100644 --- 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, -- 2.40.0