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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000117 | file | General | public | 2019-10-31 15:42 | 2019-11-02 18:18 |
| Reporter | jagdpanther | Assigned To | christos | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | feedback | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 5.37 | ||||
| Summary | 0000117: file --mime result for gzip changed in 5.37 | ||||
| Description | In file-5.36 (and prior) "file --mime" for a <file>.tar.gz file returned "application/x-gzip". Now in file-5.37 the same files returns "application/gzip". | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | file --mime <gzip file> (while using file-5.37) | ||||
| Additional Information | This is an issue for programmatic use of "file --mime" and expecting "application/x-gzip" for .gz files. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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Yes, unfortunately file output changes periodically because standards evolve. In this case file follows the recommendation from https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6713, which was ratified in 2012 |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-31 15:42 | jagdpanther | New Issue | |
| 2019-11-02 18:17 | christos | Assigned To | => christos |
| 2019-11-02 18:17 | christos | Status | new => assigned |
| 2019-11-02 18:18 | christos | Status | assigned => feedback |
| 2019-11-02 18:18 | christos | Note Added: 0003327 |
