[Bug 420963] Re: file command reports incorrect mime type for mkv files

[Pauli Virtanen]

Bug is still present in 5.11-2ubuntu4

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Title:
  file command reports incorrect mime type for mkv files

Status in “file” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: file

  libmagic1-4.26-2ubuntu4

  running "file -i" on an mkv file (matroska video) results in
  "application/octet-stream" for the mime type.  While not technically
  inaccurate, the generally accepted type for this filetype at the
  moment is "video/x-matroska" which can be evidenced by looking in
  /etc/mime.types, where it's already defined this way.

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