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Port details

sysutils/file 5.46

Utility to determine file type

Port info

Maintainer
jharris@widomaker.com
Packages
latest: 5.46
Upstream
Higher version available: 5.48
Last update
to 5.46 · db74d62963
Quarterly
2026Q4: 5.46
WWW
https://darwinsys.com/file/
Links
cgit · VuXML

Install

Package
# pkg install file
installs 5.46 from latest; from quarterly (2026Q4) 5.46
Port
# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/file && make install clean
Size
430 KiB download · 10 MiB installed
Depends on
nothing
License
BSD2CLAUSE

Packages by version and architecture

latest

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 165.465.46–
FreeBSD 155.465.46–
FreeBSD 145.465.465.46

quarterly (2026Q4)

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 155.465.46–
FreeBSD 145.465.465.46

version as in the ports tree (latest) or the most common one (quarterly) · different version · ✗ not built · – no packages for this platform. Package sets that have not been rebuilt for 60 days are left out.

Unaddressed and VuXML only (0)

No unaddressed CVE and nothing reported by pkg audit for the packaged version 5.46.

Fixed (6)

Show 6 fixed
VuXML entries whose affected range the packaged version has left.

Problem reports (0) · open in Bugzilla, most recently changed first

None.

Commits (79)

Kris Kennaway (kris) · 4.19
Use libtool port instead of included version to avoid objformat a.out botch
ae994c8ea8
Martin Wilke (miwi) · 4.19
- Update to 4.19

PR:		ports/106907
Submitted by:	Björn König <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Approved by:	maintainer
d6f136a2be
Rong-En Fan (rafan) · 4.18
- Update to 4.18 - Unbreak it. It builds fine on my recent -current.

PR:		ports/105651
Submitted by:	trasz <trasz at pin.if.uz.zgora.pl>
Approved by:	maintainer timeout (20 days)
2b22a826b1
Kris Kennaway (kris) · 4.17
BROKEN: Segfaults when MALLOC_OPTIONS=AJ

Ignored by:     maintainer
Approved by:	portmgr (self)
1842c0d301
Shaun Amott (shaun) · 4.17
- Register CONFLICTS with sysutils/tct; both install "bin/file". - s/INSTALLS_SHLIB/USE_LDCONFIG/
43234a996a
Erwin Lansing (erwin) · 4.17
Unmark BROKEN, this seems to be a pointyhat specific issue

Submitted by:	linimon
Pointy hat:	erwin
124db6148d
Erwin Lansing (erwin) · 4.17
Mark BROKEN: does not build
10b5e1a3d8
Marcus Alves Grando (mnag) · 4.17
- Update to 4.17

PR:		96432
Submitted by:	Martin Wilke <freebsd___unixfreunde.de>
Approved by:	maintainer timeout (15 days)
0101e2c342
Ade Lovett (ade) · 4.16_1
Conversion to a single libtool environment.

Approved by:	portmgr (kris)
8503536d38
Edwin Groothuis (edwin) · 4.16
SHA256ify

Approved by: krion@
32487a10ad
Ade Lovett (ade) · 4.16
Mass-conversion to the USE_AUTOTOOLS New World Order.  The code present in bsd.autotools.mk essentially makes this a no-op given that all the old variables set a USE_AUTOTOOLS_COMPAT variable, which is parsed in exactly the same way as USE_AUTOTOOLS itself.

Moreover, USE_AUTOTOOLS has already been extensively tested by the GNOME
team -- all GNOME 2.12.x ports use it.

Preliminary documentation can be found at:
	http://people.FreeBSD.org/~ade/autotools.txt

which is in the process of being SGMLized before introduction into the
Porters Handbook.

Light blue touch-paper.  Run.
54a0b86543
Emanuel Haupt (ehaupt) · 4.16
- Update to 4.16 [1] - Pacify portlint / Polish Makefile [2] - Change COMMENT to be more PHB compliant [2] - Use LIBTOOL and [2] - remove a libtool .la archive [2] - Reformat badly formated pkg-descr [2]

PR:		87640
Submitted by:	Jean Milanez Melo <jmelo@freebsdbrasil.com.br> [1]
Reworked by:	ehaupt [2]
Approved by:	maintainer timeout (20 days)
ac9789d95b
Renato Botelho (garga) · 4.15
- Update to 4.15

PR:		ports/86590
Submitted by:	Andrej Zverev <az@inec.ru>
Approved by:	maintainer
cad1c7ef6e
Volker Stolz (vs) · 4.13
No longer needs USE_REINPLACE
5cf805bbbc
Volker Stolz (vs) · 4.13
Update to 4.13

PR:		ports/77507
Submitted by:	Jason Harris
c02d6db001
Volker Stolz (vs) · 4.10
Update to 4.10

PR:		ports/70955
Submitted by:	Jason Harris (maintainer)
cb5650bd6b
Joe Marcus Clarke (marcus) · 4.09
Apply a big libtool patch to allow porters to use the libtool installed by the libtoolX ports instead of the one included with each port.  Ports that set USE_LIBTOOL_VER=X will now use the ports version of libtool instead of the included version.  To restore previous behavior, use the new macro, USE_INC_LIBTOOL_VER.  Both macros accept the same argument: a libtool version.

For example, to use the ports version of libtool-1.5, add the following to
your Makefile:

USE_LIBTOOL_VER=        15

To use the included version of libtool with extra hacks provided by
libtool-1.5, add the following to your Makefile:

USE_INC_LIBTOOL_VER=    15

With this change, ports that had to add additional libtool hacks to prevent
.la files from being installed or to fix certain threading issues can now
delete those hacks (after appropriate testing, of course).

PR:		63944
Based on work by:eik and marcus
Approved by:	ade (autotools maintainer)
Tested by:	kris on pointyhat
Bound to be hidden problems:	You bet
9e5632dd66
Pav Lucistnik (pav) · 4.09
- Update to 4.09

PR:		ports/66584
Submitted by:	Jason Harris <jharris@widomaker.com> (maintainer)
d6680288b7
Ade Lovett (ade) · 4.07
Whoa there, boy, that's a mighty big commit y'all have there...

Begin autotools sanitization sequence by requiring ports to explicitly
specify which version of {libtool,autoconf,automake} they need, erasing
the concept of a "system default".

For ports-in-waiting:

	USE_LIBTOOL=YES		->	USE_LIBTOOL_VER=13
	USE_AUTOCONF=YES	->	USE_AUTOCONF_VER=213
	USE_AUTOMAKE=YES	->	USE_AUTOMAKE_VER=14

Ports attempting to use the old style system after June 1st 2004 will be
sorely disappointed.
3f651573ad
Pav Lucistnik (pav) · 4.07
- Update to 4.07

PR:		ports/60869
Submitted by:	Jason Harris <jharris@widomaker.com>
16ee33bb6f
Akinori MUSHA (knu) · 4.06
Update to 4.06, which fixes yet another couple of memory bug. ;)
a786d4a046
Akinori MUSHA (knu) · 4.04
- Update to 4.04, which fixes all memory leakage. - Define INSTALLS_SHLIB.

Approved by:	MAINTAINER timeout, but with implicit approval in advance
5ff389cda5
Tilman Keskinoz (arved) · 4.02
Update to 4.02

PR:		50872
Submitted by:	maintainer
49065e4d59
Jacques Vidrine (nectar) · 3.41
Update 3.39 -> 3.41.

PR:		ports/49013
Submitted by:	Jason Harris <jharris@widomaker.com> (maintainer)
Approved by:	portmgr (kris)
d91d96f38d
Akinori MUSHA (knu) · 3.39
De-pkg-comment.
4c2e4f1862
OKAZAKI Tetsurou (okazaki) · 3.39
Upgrade to 3.39.

PR:		41326
Submitted by:	maintainer
a4c661e8ee
OKAZAKI Tetsurou (okazaki) · 3.38
Upgrade to file-3.38.

Add the post-extract: target to adjust the timestamp of some files.
These rules are required to suppress invocations of aclocal, automake,
autoconf and autoheader at `make build' and `make install'.

Approved by:	maintainer
4db13cd5df
Patrick Li (pat) · 3.37
Give maintainership to submitter

PR:		36633
Submitted by:	Jason Harris <jharris@widomaker.com>
02e4ab0dc1
Ying-Chieh Liao (ijliao) · 3.37
add file for 4.3-pre users

PR:		32709
Submitted by:	Jason Harris <jharris@widomaker.com>
25dc52867d