#703411 file: testsuite for readelf

Package:
file
Source:
file
Description:
Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers
Submitter:
Bastian Blank
Date:
2025-08-17 17:47:50 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#703411#5
Date:
2013-03-19 09:47:08 UTC
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The file package needs a decent test suite. The file command is used in
several dpkg and debhelper tools to detect certain ELF attributes.
Failure to detect ELF or internal errors results in broken binary
packages. So file _must_ not fail to detect them.

Bastian
#703411#16
Date:
2013-03-19 10:33:49 UTC
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while having a test suite to spot these kind of errors would certainly
be nice, i think your over exagerating. this occurence of a bug in
readelf was the first since it's inception, it's not that file has a
history of breaking things at all (hence adjusted bug metadata).
#703411#23
Date:
2013-06-08 12:52:51 UTC
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tags 703411 + sid jessie
# serious? LOLWUT!
thanks