Bug#335674: [php-maint] Bug#335674: php5: mime_magic support => invalid magic file, disabled

[Adam Conrad]

Piotr Roszatycki wrote:
> 
> In fact, the mime.magic file for PHP have to be different than the Debian
> /usr/share/file/magic.mime file. I suggest to put the modified php5 version
> of magic.mime to the /usr/share/php5 directory.

I'd prefer not to do this.  Most of your changes to the magic.mime file
seem to be a matter of preference (changing mime-types, (un)commenting
entries), and would be better discussed with the file maintainer to make
sure mime-types are consistent all over.

The other change appears to be the removal of "string/c" and "string/B"
type entries.  Would it not be better for us to just patch PHP to learn
how to deal with these, rather than fork magic.mime?

... Adam