Bug 716665

Summary: file doesn't recognize mp3
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Stanislav Oginsky <stas.oginsky>
Component: fileAssignee: Jan Kaluža <jkaluza>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 6.1CC: ksrot, mmalik, ovasik, pkovar, syeghiay
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Regression
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: file-5.04-9.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Prior to this update, the file utility treated MP3 files as text files, and therefore was unable to recognize the MP3 files. This undesired behavior has been fixed in this update, and the file utility now treats the MP3 files as binary files and is able to properly recognize them.
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Description Stanislav Oginsky 2011-06-26 08:22:45 UTC
Hello,

Prior to file-5.0.4 version it was possible to determine mime 'mp3' format using "file -i" command.

But after patch that has been added in #594083 it is not possible to do.

How reproducible:
Just try to determine mime type via '-i' key.

Steps to Reproduce:
> file -ib mp3_file
  
Actual results:
application/octet-stream; charset=binary

Expected results:
audio/mpeg; charset=binary

Comment 1 Stanislav Oginsky 2011-06-26 08:24:51 UTC
Oops. Missed the point.

How reproducible:
always 

Please inform me if you need additional info.
Thank you.

Comment 3 Jan Kaluža 2011-06-27 14:08:06 UTC
Thanks for report, I'm attaching patch which fixes it. It's backported from upstream repository.

Comment 4 Jan Kaluža 2011-06-27 14:08:50 UTC
Created attachment 510098 [details]
proposed patch

Comment 9 Petr Kovar 2011-06-29 11:10:00 UTC
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Prior to this update, the file utility treated MP3 files as text files, and therefore was unable to recognize the MP3 files. This undesired behavior has been fixed in this update, and the file utility now treats the MP3 files as binary files and is able to properly recognize them.

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2011-07-13 08:48:54 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0934.html