Re: bin/60576: file(1) does not work on 68010 systems due to address space limits

The following reply was made to PR bin/60576; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Christos Zoulas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected],
 [email protected],
 [email protected]
Subject: Re: bin/60576: file(1) does not work on 68010 systems due to address
 space limits
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:31:05 +0300

 Oops sorry, the directory in /usr/share/misc should be called magic not =
 magdir.
 
 christos
 
 > On Aug 16, 2026, at 5:10=E2=80=AFPM, Jason Thorpe via gnats =
 <[email protected]> wrote:
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 > The following reply was made to PR bin/60576; it has been noted by =
 GNATS.
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 > From: Jason Thorpe <[email protected]>
 > To: Christos Zoulas <[email protected]>
 > Cc: [email protected],
 > [email protected],
 > [email protected]
 > Subject: Re: bin/60576: file(1) does not work on 68010 systems due to =
 address
 > space limits
 > Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:09:31 -0700
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 >> On Aug 16, 2026, at 2:39=3DE2=3D80=3DAFAM, Christos Zoulas =3D
 > <[email protected]> wrote:
 >> =3D20
 >> Try:
 >> cp -r /usr/src/external/bsd/file/dist/magic/magdir /usr/share/misc
 >> rm /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc
 >> =3D20
 >> and see if that behaves better.
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 > icarus# ls -ld /usr/share/misc/magdir/
 > drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  6144 Aug 16 07:06 /usr/share/misc/magdir/
 > icarus# ls -ld /usr/share/misc/magdir/elf
 > -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  13780 Jun 13 07:04 =
 /usr/share/misc/magdir/elf
 > icarus# file /netbsd
 > file: could not find any valid magic files! (No such file or =
 directory)
 > icarus#=3D20
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 > -- thorpej
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