[packages/file] - this version breaks rpmbuild, good testcase is gnome-initial-setup package - rel 1.1

Elan Ruusamäe glen at pld-linux.org
Mon Apr 18 20:05:18 CEST 2016


On 18.04.2016 12:04, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On Apr 18, 2016, at 4:52 AM, Elan Ruusamäe wrote:
>
>> pld rpm links with system libmagic, not using bundled version. i think this is something broken on library level.
>>
> Perhaps the libmagic code is broken, yes. Usually the issue is new definitions, which
> are increasingly using *RE patterns. If so, then using a known good version of
> 	/usr/share/misc/../file/magic
> might help.
>
> Meanwhile, rpm has the undocumented --rpmmgdebug which should
> display how rpm rpmbuild is using libmagic.
>

jeff,

are you willing to describe or provide him testcase?

http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2016/001960.html

-- 
glen



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