Re: RFC: Removing file(1)+libmagic(3) from the base system

In message <46546E16.9070707@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Colin Percival writes:
FreeBSD architects and file(1) maintainer,

I'd like to remove file(1) and libmagic(3) from the FreeBSD base system
for the following reasons:

1. I don't see it as being a necessary component of a UNIX-like operating
system.

On this I would tend to disagree strongly. The ability to identify
random files have been a key component of UNIX for many years and
I think people would be significantly surprised if we stopped
providing it.

One mitigating option would be to open the magic file and input
and sequester the file process in a jail.

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