Bug#409717: magic file has been moved to /usr/share/file/magic.mime
The magic.mime file is contained in the libmagic1 package (which is a
dependency of apache and apache-perl, but not apache-common).
Comparison between the current stable and testing releases shows that
at a given moment this file has been moved from
/usr/share/misc/file/magic.mime to /usr/share/file/magic.mime. The
location of this file is specified by the MIMEMagicFile directive in
/etc/apache/httpd.conf. It seems that an upgrade of Apache from stable
to testing doesn't correct this setting automatically, although a
fresh installation should have the correct setting (I didn't check
this, but this is suggested by
/usr/share/apache/default-configs/apache/httpd.conf). You will
therefore need to change MIMEMagicFile manually.
There are two open question related to this problem:
1. Shouldn't libmagic1 be a dependency of apache-common, rather than
apache and apache-perl, given that mod_mime_magic is part of
apache-common and requires the magic.mime file? Note that this is
already the case for apache2.2-common.
2. Is the fact that during an upgrade the MIMEMagicFile directive is
not changed automatically to be considered as a bug?
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