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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-1250
2008-02-02 00:56:24
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Name : file
Product : Fedora 8
Version : 4.21
Release : 5.fc8
URL :
http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Summary : A utility for determining file types
Description :
The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file. File can identify many different
file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
different graphics formats.
You should install the file package, since the file command is such a
useful utility.
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ChangeLog:
* Tue Jan 29 2008 Tomas Smetana <tsmetana(a)redhat.com> - 4.21-5
- fix #316501 - file hugging cpu
* Thu Jan 24 2008 Tomas Smetana <tsmetana(a)redhat.com> - 4.21-4
- build a separate python-magic package; thanks to Terje Rosten
- add PE32/PE32+ magic
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #316501 - file hugging cpu
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=316501
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update file' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
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