This bug is still present in the current version of file (4.17-5) in Debian Testing. This is an upstream bug that is already fixed in the upstream version 4.19 and in the file 4.19-1 from Debian Unstable.
I think this bug should be fixed for the final release of Debian Etch. If you cannot migrate 4.19-1 from Unstable to Testing, please consider including this fix in a TPU upload. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
