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| author | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-05-18 22:34:33 +0000 |
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| committer | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-05-18 22:34:33 +0000 |
| commit | 94241912dc47864055ebcbc3eed24cc0cdafc6f4 (patch) | |
| tree | 337723a5b888e6f022d551b74c01b12f3a528fce /contrib/file/README | |
| parent | 6048eaa315a3fd595e7f9f99cfcff0d39bdfab55 (diff) | |
| parent | 862d9405b857dba35f8f2eb6d0623b9a552d4353 (diff) | |
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Merge vendor/file/dist@192348, bringing FILE 5.03 to 8-CURRENT.
Security: CVE-2009-1515
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diff --git a/contrib/file/README b/contrib/file/README index 25c3abc..901989a 100644 --- a/contrib/file/README +++ b/contrib/file/README @@ -1,15 +1,18 @@ ** 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 Phone: Do not even think of telephoning me about this program. Send cash first! -This is Release 4.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable) +This is Release 5.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable) file(1) command. This version is the standard "file" command for Linux, *BSD, and other systems. (See "patchlevel.h" for the exact release number). +The major changes for 5.x are CDF file parsing, indirect magic, and +overhaul in mime and ascii encoding handling. + The major feature of 4.x is the refactoring of the code into a library, and the re-write of the file command in terms of that library. The library itself, libmagic can be used by 3rd party programs that wish to identify |
