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general

source: file (main)
version: 1:5.46-5
maintainer: Christoph Biedl (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.6.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1:5.39-3+deb11u1
o-o-sec: 1:5.39-3+deb11u1
oldstable: 1:5.44-3
stable: 1:5.46-5
testing: 1:5.46-5
unstable: 1:5.46-5

versioned links

1:5.39-3+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:5.44-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:5.46-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

file (70 bugs: 0, 44, 26, 0)
libmagic-dev
libmagic-mgc (5 bugs: 0, 4, 1, 0)
libmagic1t64

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In watch file debian/watch, reading FTP directory
  ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/ failed: 500 Can't call method "sockdomain" on an undefined value

Created: 2025-08-21 Last update: 2025-10-22 15:00

Failed to analyze the VCS repository. Please troubleshoot and fix the issue. high

vcswatch reports that there is an error with this package's VCS, or the debian/changelog file inside it. Please check the error shown below and try to fix it. You might have to update the VCS URL in the debian/control file to point to the correct repository.

fatal: unable to access 'https://git.in-ulm.de/cbiedl/file.git/': The requested URL returned error: 500

Created: 2025-10-21 Last update: 2025-10-21 22:01

debian/patches: 2 patches with invalid metadata, 9 patches to forward upstream high

Among the 12 debian patches available in version 1:5.46-5 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 patches with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.
9 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-04-11 22:32

3 bugs tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 3 bugs tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with them.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2025-10-22 17:00

8 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 8 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-10-22 17:00

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.6.2).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2025-04-11 19:25

news

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[2025-04-21] file 1:5.46-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-11] Accepted file 1:5.46-5 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2025-03-29] Accepted file 1:5.46-4 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2025-03-20] Accepted file 1:5.46-3 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2025-03-13] Accepted file 1:5.46-2 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2025-03-02] Accepted file 1:5.46-1 (source) into experimental (Christoph Biedl)
[2024-04-30] file 1:5.45-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-01] Accepted file 1:5.45-3 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2024-03-01] Accepted file 1:5.45-2.1 (source) into unstable (Benjamin Drung)
[2024-02-05] Accepted file 1:5.45-2.1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Steve Langasek)
[2023-09-09] file 1:5.45-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-06] Accepted file 1:5.39-3+deb11u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2023-09-04] Accepted file 1:5.39-3+deb11u1 (source) into oldstable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2023-09-03] Accepted file 1:5.45-2 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2023-07-31] Accepted file 1:5.45-1 (source) into experimental (Christoph Biedl)
[2023-01-31] file 1:5.44-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-28] Accepted file 1:5.44-3 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2023-01-23] file 1:5.44-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-15] Accepted file 1:5.44-2 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2023-01-10] Accepted file 1:5.44-1 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2022-12-22] Accepted file 1:5.43-3 (source) into experimental (Christoph Biedl)
[2022-12-21] Accepted file 1:5.43-2 (source) into experimental (Christoph Biedl)
[2022-10-11] Accepted file 1:5.43-1 (source) into experimental (Christoph Biedl)
[2022-04-26] file 1:5.41-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-24] Accepted file 1:5.41-4 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2022-03-24] Accepted file 1:5.41-3 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2021-11-22] file 1:5.41-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-11-19] Accepted file 1:5.41-2 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2021-10-29] Accepted file 1:5.41-1 (source) into experimental (Christoph Biedl)
[2021-01-27] Accepted file 1:5.35-4+deb10u2 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Christoph Biedl)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 81 83
RC: 0
I&N: 53 54
M&W: 27 28
F&P: 1
patch: 8
help: 3

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