Fedora 17 Update: file-5.11-2.fc17

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-10724
2012-07-17 17:01:45
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Name        : file
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 5.11
Release     : 2.fc17
URL         : http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Summary     : A utility for determining file types
Description :
The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file.  File can identify many different
file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
different graphics formats.

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Update Information:

- Fixed regression in file-5.10 caused by weak palm magic pattern
- Added detection for VDI/QED images
- Improved Python detection
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Jun 21 2012 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza at redhat.com> - 5.11-2
- detect names of RPM packages
- detect swap on ia64 architecture
* Mon Feb 27 2012 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza at redhat.com> - 5.11-1
- fix #796130 - update to file-5.11
- fix #796209 - recognize VDI images
- fix #795709 - recognize QED images
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #834489 - Regression in F17 caused by weak palm magic pattern
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=834489
  [ 2 ] Bug #796209 - file does not recognize VirtualBox vdi images
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796209
  [ 3 ] Bug #795709 - file does not recognize  qemu qed images
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795709
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update file' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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