>Number:         35234
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       /usr/bin/file not properly identifying text files, unexpected behavior
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 11 20:20:00 +0000 2006
>Originator:     David Howland
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.5
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD micron 4.99.5 NetBSD 4.99.5 (GENERIC) #1: Wed Dec  6 11:56:19 EST 2006  root@micron:/usr/4.99/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386

>Description:
I'm running -current from -D20061204-UTC

After noticing that pkgsrc was not properly substituting in files, while giving this error message:

WARNING: [subst.mk] Ignoring non-text file ./pkgmanager-0.8.1/src/run.lisp".

(the file is text)

we noticed that /usr/bin/file was not behaving as expected...

root@micron:/usr/pkg/lib/pkgmanager# file run.lisp                            
run.lisp: 
root@micron:/usr/pkg/lib/pkgmanager# 

Apparently it should at least say SOMETHING for that file.  I will include the file below.

joerg@ suggested this be PR'd


run.lisp:
----------------------------------------------------------
(defparameter *base-dir* ".")

(defun my-load (basename)
  (let ((fas-name (format nil "~a/~a.fas" *base-dir* basename))
	(lisp-name (format nil "~a/~a.lisp" *base-dir* basename)))
    (if (probe-file fas-name)
      (load fas-name)
      (load lisp-name))))
(my-load "packages")
(my-load "pkgmgr-except")
(my-load "pkgmgr-print")
(my-load "pkgmgr-util")
(my-load "pkgmgr-pkgdb")
(my-load "pkgmanager")
(pkgmanager:run)
----------------------------------------------------------
>How-To-Repeat:
(have pkgsrc-wip installed)

cd /usr/pkgsrc/wip/pkgmanager && make install


Altho, its really the file command that we care about.  However, this happens to be the file (run.lisp from pkgmanager) that we are seeing problems with.


>Fix:
not known.