Public bug reported:
The utility 'file' reports different mime-types depending on the content
length of a text file with just multiple times 'X' as content.
For a file with 5789792 times the letter 'X' as content the 'file' tool returns
'application/SIMH-tape-data' as mime-type.
With just 1 letter less (5789791) the tool return 'text/plain' as mime-type,
which imho is the correct result.
file is version 'file-5.45' on Ubuntu 24.04.
** Affects: file (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "test text file which file retruns a improper mime-type"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2079979/+attachment/5814779/+files/text_test_file.txt
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2079979
Title:
'file' reports improper mime type on text file
Status in file package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
The utility 'file' reports different mime-types depending on the
content length of a text file with just multiple times 'X' as content.
For a file with 5789792 times the letter 'X' as content the 'file' tool
returns 'application/SIMH-tape-data' as mime-type.
With just 1 letter less (5789791) the tool return 'text/plain' as mime-type,
which imho is the correct result.
file is version 'file-5.45' on Ubuntu 24.04.
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