For the upcoming stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.17-5etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
4.20-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your file package.
Upgrade instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian (testing)
- ----------------Testing updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 693 951d84ef18e8738d58cda73d1680ce66
Size/MD5 checksum: 24145 ef79b92b6d0d4af9985200abb3eb24f5
Size...
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