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Description of problem:
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
file-5.04-6.el6
How reproducible:
always
Steps to Reproduce:
(i686 machine)
# file /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-114.0.1.el6.i686
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-114.0.1.el6.i686: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 2.6.32-114.0.1.el6.i686 (mockbu, RO-rootFS, root_dev 0x901, swap_dev 0x3, Normal VGA
(x86_64 machine)
# file /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-114.0.1.el6.x86_64
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-114.0.1.el6.x86_64: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 2.6.32-114.0.1.el6.x86_64 (mock, RO-rootFS, root_dev 0x901, swap_dev 0x3, Normal VGA
Actual results:
')' is missing
Expected results:
')' is present
Missing '(' is not "typical" File bug. "(" is part of this kernel version string. File loads max 32-byte string from files, so the version string is not complete and therefore the ')' is missing.
32 bytes limit can be increased by patch from Bug 462378, but we can increase it only to 64, because that's what upstream did. From my tests 64 bytes are not enough to display linux version string, so I think I'll use NOT A BUG here.