Package: file
Version: 4.17-2
Severity: normal

File emits no file type for a text file that starts with '('.

To reproduce:

$ echo '(' >bar
$ file bar
bar: 

Additional info:

$ file -v
file-4.17
magic file from /etc/magic:/usr/share/file/magic
$ ls /etc/magic
ls: /etc/magic: No such file or directory

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages file depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-15   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libmagic1                     4.17-2     File type determination library us
ii  zlib1g                        1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime

file recommends no packages.

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