Thanks for reporting this bug and trying to make Ubuntu better.
I tried to reproduce what you described in a Ubuntu Jammy container:
root@apache2-jammy:~# dpkg -l apache2 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-=================-============-============================> ii apache2 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.2 amd64 Apache HTTP Server root@apache2-jammy:~# cat /tmp/foo <!DOCTYPE HTML> blah blah root@apache2-jammy:~# file -m /etc/apache2/magic /tmp/foo /etc/apache2/magic, 187: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid /etc/apache2/magic, 402: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid /etc/apache2/magic, 619: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid /etc/apache2/magic, 624: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid /etc/apache2/magic, 628: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid /etc/apache2/magic, 629: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid file: could not find any valid magic files! root@apache2-jammy:~# wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/httpd/trunk/docs/conf/magic --2023-01-24 20:29:34-- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/httpd/trunk/docs/conf/magic Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.108.133, 185.199.109.133, 185.199.110.133, ... Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.108.133|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 13064 (13K) [text/plain] Saving to: ‘magic’
magic 100%[==================>] 12.76K --.-KB/s in 0.001s
2023-01-24 20:29:35 (9.45 MB/s) - ‘magic’ saved [13064/13064]
root@apache2-jammy:~# file -m ./magic /tmp/foo /tmp/foo: text/html
The file shipped in the Ubuntu package diverges from the upstream one. This requires extra investigation to understand why this was done. Adding this bug to our backlog.
Thanks for reporting this bug and trying to make Ubuntu better.
I tried to reproduce what you described in a Ubuntu Jammy container:
root@apache2- jammy:~ # dpkg -l apache2 Unknown/ Install/ Remove/ Purge/Hold Not/Inst/ Conf-files/ Unpacked/ halF-conf/ Half-inst/ trig-aWait/ Trig-pend /Reinst- required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ======= ====-== ======= ======= =-===== ======= -====== ======= ======= ======= => jammy:~ # cat /tmp/foo jammy:~ # file -m /etc/apache2/magic /tmp/foo jammy:~ # wget https:/ /raw.githubuser content. com/apache/ httpd/trunk/ docs/conf/ magic /raw.githubuser content. com/apache/ httpd/trunk/ docs/conf/ magic ontent. com (raw.githubuser content. com)... 185.199.108.133, 185.199.109.133, 185.199.110.133, ... ontent. com (raw.githubuser content. com)|185. 199.108. 133|:443. .. connected.
Desired=
| Status=
|/ Err?=(none)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===
ii apache2 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.2 amd64 Apache HTTP Server
root@apache2-
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
blah blah
root@apache2-
/etc/apache2/magic, 187: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid
/etc/apache2/magic, 402: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid
/etc/apache2/magic, 619: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid
/etc/apache2/magic, 624: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid
/etc/apache2/magic, 628: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid
/etc/apache2/magic, 629: Warning: string modifier `B' invalid
file: could not find any valid magic files!
root@apache2-
--2023-01-24 20:29:34-- https:/
Resolving raw.githubuserc
Connecting to raw.githubuserc
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 13064 (13K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘magic’
magic 100%[== ======= ======= ==>] 12.76K --.-KB/s in 0.001s
2023-01-24 20:29:35 (9.45 MB/s) - ‘magic’ saved [13064/13064]
root@apache2- jammy:~ # file -m ./magic /tmp/foo
/tmp/foo: text/html
The file shipped in the Ubuntu package diverges from the upstream one. This requires extra investigation to understand why this was done. Adding this bug to our backlog.