Description of problem: It seems that /usr/share/file/magic.mime file contains ivalid line (19): >>&1 string webm video/webm The description says: Column #1: byte number to begin checking from, ">" indicates continuation Java mimeutil librart is unable to parse this line. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): file-4.17-28 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
To be sure, the error comes from some external library parsing magic.mime? I wasn't aware there's such thing in RHEL5...
The line is valid from libmagic/file's point of view, in "man magic" there is full description of the file format. I admit this particular feature was not used in magic.mime and it could break SW which also depends on format of this file. It's new information for me there's such SW in RHEL (I don't mean that ironically). If there is such SW, I think it's probably sane idea to remove webm magic pattern from magic.mime file.
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Yes, that is external library but it is not included RHEL. But as it is unable to parse the file and I was looking just to /usr/share/file/magic.mime I got the impression that the line is invalid. It would be nice if the magic.mime file contains reference to the man page with complete documentation as the info at the top of the file is incorrect.