Robert Millan wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 12:11:31PM +0200, Géraud Meyer wrote: > > Package: file > > Version: 4.21-3 > > > > Any lzma compressed file I encountered is not recognized as LZMA > > compressed data. An example: > > > > $ cat > test > > Text file > > $ lzma test > > $ file test.lzma > > test.lzma: data > > > > I also tested the version 4.20-3 (found here: > > http://archive.daniel-baumann.ch/debian/packages/file/4.20-3/) that > > was supposed to be fixed and it gives the same result. > > I recall they had plans to change the signature. CCing the lzma > maintainers, maybe they know something..
The .lzma format currently in use is too hard to detect without looking at the filename suffix. The new .lzma format will fix this and a few other problems, but there are no stable tools to handle the new format yet. -- Lasse Collin | IRC: Larhzu @ IRCnet & Freenode
