Public bug reported:
To reproduce the bug one could run, for example, such (or similar)
command:
# (T='mivael-temp'; cd /dev/shm/ && rm -rf "$T" && mkdir "$T"
&& cd "$T" && git init && git commit --allow-empty -m'Empty
commit.' && file $(find .git/objects/ -type f))
Example of possible actual result (note "VAX COFF executable" in the
end):
Initialized empty Git repository in /run/shm/mivael-temp/.git/
[master (root-commit) bec7d66] Empty commit.
.git/objects/be/c7d6665f901c155bbae1f3ea2895283dd18df4: VAX COFF executable
.git/objects/4b/825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904: VAX COFF executable
Expected result:
- git object files recognized correctly.
- no "VAX COFF" in 'file' command output when using it on git object files.
Additional info:
There was (is?) a related bug (#509942) in Debian.
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=509942
According to the link, the bug was fixed in 2009: "Fixed in version
file/5.01-1".
However, it exist, at least, in the 5.09-2 version of 'file' package.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
$
$ apt-cache policy file
file:
Installed: 5.09-2
Candidate: 5.09-2
Version table:
*** 5.09-2 0
500 http://ua.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: file 5.09-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-40.64-generic 3.2.40
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr 29 11:41:43 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: file
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-15 (196 days ago)
** Affects: file (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: file (Debian)
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug file git-objects precise running-unity vax-coff
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #509942
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=509942
** Also affects: file (Debian) via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=509942
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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