Fedora 13 Update: file-5.04-6.fc13

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2010-13430
2010-08-24 20:36:59
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Name        : file
Product     : Fedora 13
Version     : 5.04
Release     : 6.fc13
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:

Support for WebM format. More reliable ELF parser.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Aug 24 2010 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza at redhat.com> - 5.04-6
- fix #626591 - support for WebM format
- fix #599695 - try to get "from" attribute for ELF binaries
  only from core dumps.
* Thu Jul  1 2010 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza at redhat.com> 5.04-5
- fix #608922 - updated z-machine magic
- fix #610067 - removed excessive HTML/SGML "magic patterns"
* Thu May 27 2010 Daniel Novotny <dnovotny at redhat.com> 5.04-4
- fix #566305 - "file" may trim too much of command line from core file
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #626591 - Can not recognize WebM files
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626591
  [ 2 ] Bug #599695 - file claims that some binaries are "from '%s'" with values that don't make sense
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599695
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