On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, I previously used the output from `file /boot/*` on the various > vmlinuz files in /boot/* to detect what kernels were installed on a > machine. As of file 5.14 this no longer works[1]. > > I'm not sure what's changed, perhaps the magic.mgc file? When I copy > the magic.mgc file from previous (5.13) version of the file package I > get the 'expected' output[2]. > > Not sure if this is a bug or simply a change in behaviour. > > [1] - /boot/vmlinuz-linux: x86 boot sector > > [2] - /boot/vmlinuz-linux: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, > version 3.8.5-1-ARCH (tobias@T-POWA-LX) #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 29 > 19:18, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x3, Normal VGA file -k gives better results[1]. I believe that happens because “x86 boot sector” has a higher priority or something like that in the new version. [1]: /boot/vmlinuz-linux: x86 boot sector\012- Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 3.8.5-1-ARCH (tobias@T-POWA-LX) #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 29 19:18, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x3, Normal VGA PE32+ executable (EFI application) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows -- Kwpolska <http://kwpolska.tk> | GPG KEY: 5EAAEA16 stop html mail | always bottom-post http://asciiribbon.org | http://caliburn.nl/topposting.html
