Re: [SoX-devel] Magic problems

[Chris B. <ch...@cn...>]

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:21 AM, robs <aq...@ya...> wrote:

> I find that libmagic gives quite a few false-positives; admittedly, these
> tend to be with test files (such as those used in tests.sh), but it's giving
> me an uneasy feeling.  I also suspect that as libmagic is enhanced to
> support more file types, the chances of false-positives are likely to
> increase.  Some options:
>
> 1. Change the configure.ac default to be --without-magic
> 2. Move the precedence of magic to be below that of the file extension
> 3. Have a command-line option to enable magic
>
> I quite like number 3 at the moment.  Thoughts anyone?
>

I've same uneasy feeling.  I trust your opinion for #3.

Chris