Fedora 21 Update: file-5.19-6.fc21

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-10254
2014-09-06 00:43:43
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Name        : file
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 5.19
Release     : 6.fc21
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:

- detect Mach-O universal binary, locale-archive, Python 3.4 byte-compiled files
- remove weak Pascal patterns
- fix detection of MSOOXML, OOXML and ZIP
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1134580 - file-5.19 recognizes macosx *.dylib as data
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1134580
  [ 2 ] Bug #1101404 - file detects the "GPL+ or Artistic" license files as Pascal source
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101404
  [ 3 ] Bug #1107995 - file misidentifies locale-archive
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107995
  [ 4 ] Bug #1130693 - file-libs magic is broken for msooxml
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1130693
  [ 5 ] Bug #1115111 - regressions file-5.14-20.fc20.x86_64 -> file-5.19-1.fc20.x86_64
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115111
  [ 6 ] Bug #1124940 - [patch] support identification of python 3.4 byte-compiled files
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124940
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