file-5.48

[Bruce Dubbs]

New minor version.

[Bruce Dubbs]

We probably should be using ​https://www.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.48.tar.gz as the download URL.

The release notes are at ​https://mailman.astron.com/pipermail/file/2026-June/001678.html

[Xi Ruoyao]

The "old-style" URL w/o www. still works for me?

[Bruce Dubbs]

Replying to Xi Ruoyao:

The "old-style" URL w/o www. still works for me?

Yes, I was looking at the currency. I will double check when I do the mid-month update.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Release 5.48

• add landlock support
• add BE/LE GUID
• multiple fixes to prevent integer overflow in 32 bits
• PR/745: streamout: Don't flush when trying to set negative offsets on pipes, just continue, fixes 'cat file.zip | file -'
• PR/753: Fix race is magic_getpath()
• PR/728: Reinstate regex/c

[Bruce Dubbs]

Fixed at commit ce57a03c21.