Ubuntu

/usr/share/file/magic directory is empty (package libmagic1)

Asked by braoult

On Raring: I wanted to view the "magic" file used by the file utility (not the compiled magic.mgc) . The package "libmagic1" (installed: 5.11-2ubuntu4) should provide it.

- /etc/magic has nothing
- /usr/share/misc/magic is a link to /usr/share/file/magic
But:
- /usr/share/file/magic is a directory which is empty. It should either be a file, or a dir containing the source file(s).

I installed also libmagic-dev (5.11-2ubuntu4), but still no "magic" file.

Question information

Language:
English Edit question
Status:
Solved
For:
Ubuntu Edit question
Assignee:
No assignee Edit question
Solved by:
braoult
Solved:
Last query:
Last reply:
Revision history for this message
Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

It seems that there is no uncompiled 'magic' file supplied by libmagic1 (or other packages) any more, just the compiled magic.msc.

You could look in the source of its source package "file",
e.g. in http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/saucy/file/saucy/files/head:/magic/Magdir/

Revision history for this message
braoult (braoult) said : 		#2

Hi Manfred,

Thanks for your answer, but I cannot say it helps a lot :-)

Of course, I can now find the sources, by browsing your link, but there should be an easier way to get it (maybe in a "file-dev" package, which is also missing).

For me a missing file-dev package can be considered as a bug.

Revision history for this message
Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

You are invited to create a bug-report, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs for details to take into account when doing so.

Revision history for this message
braoult (braoult) said : 		#4