[Bug 1340212] Re: file 5.18 incorrectly identifies mime type of zip files

[Barry Warsaw]

** Changed in: file (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  file 5.18 incorrectly identifies mime type of zip files

Status in “file” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  This breaks uscan: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
  bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754328

  % file --version
  file-5.18
  magic file from /etc/magic:/usr/share/misc/magic
  % file --dereference --brief --mime-type zope.browserpage-4.1.0a1.zip
  application/octet-stream

  % file --version
  file-5.19
  magic file from /etc/magic:/usr/share/misc/magic
  % file --dereference --brief --mime-type /tmp/zope.browserpage-4.1.0a1.zip
  application/zip

  (It's fixed in Debian, so we need to do another merge.)

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