Re: BUG: /bin/file generates lots of warnings when compiling the default magic file

Hi Martin,

On 6/16/2026 6:59 AM, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote:
> BUG: /bin/file generates lots of warnings when compiling the default magic file:
> 
> $ uname -r
> 3.7.0-0.502.g31bf91f867c5.x86_64
> $ file --version
> file-5.46
> magic file from /usr/share/misc/magic
> $ file --compile
> Warning: Duplicate magic entry `'
> /usr/share/misc/magic, 8433: > 0 byte&,=0,""]
> /usr/share/misc/magic, 43334: > 0 byte&,=0,""]
> Warning: Duplicate magic entry `'
> /usr/share/misc/magic, 29223: > 0 byte&,=0,""]
> /usr/share/misc/magic, 8433: > 0 byte&,=0,""]
> Warning: Duplicate magic entry `'
[...]

I've reproduced this.  It also occurs with (unreleased on Cygwin) file 
5.48 and does not occur with 5.44.  I've reported the issue to the 
'file' maintainers upstream.

Thanks for the report!

..mark

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