Bug#488562: non-deterministic results if the magic file is a directory

2008-07-01 Thread Simon McVittie
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 reopen 488562 severity 488562 minor tags 488562 + upstream thanks Thanks for uploading a better fix for the RC bug #481247. However, the non-RC bug I reported still exists: if "file -m" is used to select an alternative source of magic patterns, and t

Bug#488562: non-deterministic results if the magic file is a directory

2008-06-29 Thread Daniel Baumann
Simon McVittie wrote: > The root cause of #481247 is that when magic.mgc is compiled during the > package build, the files in Magdir/ come out in an unpredictable order, > depending on the underlying filesystem (readdir() doesn't sort its > results). By contrast, the order of /usr/share/file/magic

Bug#488562: non-deterministic results if the magic file is a directory

2008-06-29 Thread Simon McVittie
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package: file Version: 4.24-3 Severity: normal The root cause of #481247 is that when magic.mgc is compiled during the package build, the files in Magdir/ come out in an unpredictable order, depending on the underlying filesystem (readdir() doesn't so