On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 13:50 +0100, Michael Piefel wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 23.01.2007, 15:30 +0100 schrieb Michel Dänzer: > > /etc/magic, 1: Warning offset `�§ invalid > > /etc/magic, 1: Warning type `�§ invalid > > What is that? Did you get the encoding right?
Looks like reportbug or joe messed it up. > Anyway, I cannot reproduce what you are writing. On bruckner, which is > ppc, under sarge, file 4.19 works as expected. > > When do those messages appear? Whenever file is invoked. > Is /etc/magic empty? No, quite the contrary: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 759168 2004-07-30 12:34 /etc/magic Looks like I somehow ended up with a stale file there. Installing 4.17-5 or 4.19-1 leaves it intact. Shouldn't dpkg prompt me about the modified conffile? Colour me confused. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
