#41069: file @5.15_0 gives errors instead of a result ---------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: ralph@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.2.0 Keywords: | Port: file ---------------------+-------------------------------- Having just installed "file" on 10.9, I get errors on trying to use it with many files, e.g. {{{ file /opt/local/var/db/texmf/fonts/map/dvipdfm/updmap/dvipdfm_dl14.map /opt/local/var/db/texmf/fonts/map/dvipdfm/updmap/dvipdfm_dl14.map: ERROR: line 163: regex error 17, (illegal byte sequence) }}} file ought to tell me what type of file this is. Instead, it gives some error message which is nothing to do with the file being examined. This happens with a wide range of files, giving the same error message in each case, However, the file type of some files is correctly determined, e.g. {{{ file /Users/someone/Papers/Comment.pdf /Users/someone/Papers/Comment.pdf: PDF document, version 1.3 }}} I don't think this is 10.9 specific, and believe I saw it before on 10.8 -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/41069> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X