Re: file: strange output on ocaml bytecode

[Mehdi Dogguy <mehdi@dogguy.org>]

On 03/19/2012 09:28 AM, Ralf Treinen wrote:
> 
> on sid, file gives a strange report on ocaml bytecode executables:
> 
> % ocamlc hello.ml % file a.out a.out: \0 "#!/usr/bin/ocamlrun"
> 
> (ocaml: 3.12.1-2, file: 5.10-1)
> 
> while on stable it gives what I would expect:
> 
> % ocamlc hello.ml % file a.out a.out: a /usr/bin/ocamlrun script
> text executable
> 
> (ocaml: 3.11.2-2, file: 5.04-5)
> 

and is not reproducible using file 5.11-1 from sid, afaik.

> Is this a known issue? Is it a regression of ocaml or of file? 
> -Ralf.
> 

I'd say a regression of file (nothing has changed on ocaml's side in
that specific area of the code).

Regards,

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