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23.1; emacs.svg license causing a lot of filetype detection mechanisms to fail

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From: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre <at> mecheye.net>
Subject: bug#5790 closed by Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> (Re:
 23.1; emacs.svg license causing a lot of filetype detection mechanisms to
 fail)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:13:02 +0000

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This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report
which was filed against the emacs package:

#5790: 23.1; emacs.svg license causing a lot of filetype detection  mechanisms to fail

It has been closed by Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "\"Jasper St. Pierre\" <jstpierre" <"at>mecheye.net"@furry>
Cc: 5790-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.1;
	emacs.svg license causing a lot of filetype detection mechanisms to
	fail
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:12:36 -0400

> emacs.svg includes a very long GPL license preamble, which comes
> before the opening <svg> tag. This causes a lot of file detection
> systems, including file/libmagic, do not identify this icon file as a
> SVG. A simple fix would be to put the copyright preamble inside of the
> <svg> tag.

Thanks for the bug report.  I've fixed this on the Emacs 23.2 release
branch.

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From: "Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre <at> mecheye.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1; emacs.svg license causing a lot of filetype detection 
	mechanisms to fail
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:50:21 -0400

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emacs.svg includes a very long GPL license preamble, which comes before the
opening <svg> tag. This causes a lot of file detection systems, including
file/libmagic, do not identify this icon file as a SVG. A simple fix would
be to put the copyright preamble inside of the <svg> tag.

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