Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:

> FWIW, I think it would be better for 'file' to be bound to the fixed
> package, and to add a 'file/fixed' that points to the old buggy one.
> Then 'file/fixed' could be used in some selected places.
>
> 'file' is used as a plain input (as opposed to native-input) in several
> places that make me a bit nervous, e.g. the 'transmission' bittorrent
> client (is 'file' being used at runtime on downloaded files?), and also
> 'aegis', 'quilt', and 'cmake'.

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