Description of problem: When run against a couple of binaries on my system, 'file' seems to get confused by .note.gnu-build-id values. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): file-5.04-8.fc14.x86_64 coreutils-8.5-2.fc14.x86_64 krb5-workstation-1.8.1-6.fc14.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. file /usr/bin/kvno /bin/date Actual results: /usr/bin/kvno: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, from 'x.', stripped /bin/date: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, from 'I', stripped Expected results: Correct 'from' values, if applicable, or for them to be omitted. Additional info: "eu-readelf -x .note.gnu.build-id /usr/bin/kvno /bin/date" says: /usr/bin/kvno: Hex dump of section [3] '.note.gnu.build-id', 36 bytes at offset 0x23c: 0x00000000 04000000 14000000 03000000 474e5500 ............GNU. 0x00000010 b9bc1df4 1cc237db f5c4d115 22e01fed ......7....."... 0x00000020 782e00ef x... /bin/date: Hex dump of section [3] '.note.gnu.build-id', 36 bytes at offset 0x23c: 0x00000000 04000000 14000000 03000000 474e5500 ............GNU. 0x00000010 4d964811 f01ac163 9f0a87b1 8e568974 M.H....c.....V.t 0x00000020 4900f75c I..\
hmmm, can be related to the patch to fix Bug #566305
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Created attachment 432799 [details] proposed patch This patch fixes described problem for me.
Fixed in file-5.04-12.fc14.
file-5.04-6.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/file-5.04-6.fc13
file-5.04-6.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.