Fedora 8 Update: file-4.21-6.fc8

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-9122
2008-10-24 22:42:57
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Name        : file
Product     : Fedora 8
Version     : 4.21
Release     : 6.fc8
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.

You should install the file package, since the file command is such a
useful utility.

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ChangeLog:

* Thu Oct 23 2008 Daniel Novotny <dnovotny at redhat.com> 4.21-6
- fix #468059 -  Typo errors in man page of file utility
* Tue Jan 29 2008 Tomas Smetana <tsmetana at redhat.com> - 4.21-5
- fix #316501 - file hugging cpu
* Thu Jan 24 2008 Tomas Smetana <tsmetana at redhat.com> - 4.21-4
- build a separate python-magic package; thanks to Terje Rosten
- add PE32/PE32+ magic
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #468059 - Typo errors in man page of file utility
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468059
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