“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print on Tuesdays” (2009)

Re:“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print ... by raldu on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @07:17PM (#11718414)

Yes, it got fixed: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file/+bug/248619

The `file` utility failed to recognize PostScript files due to conflicting signature data at the magic file. The issue has been resolved long ago.

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Re:“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print ... by tremon on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @06:29AM (#11720924)

If it was my software, I would not have accepted that as a proper fix though. For me, the real bug is to rely on the "file" command (a user diagnostic tool) to choose different code paths in a printing program.

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Re:“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print ... by hidroto on Friday May 20, 2016 @09:24AM (#11737532)

i doubt that this was a 'system "file $my_file"' as i believe there is a library that contains the file determination functionality in it.i can definitely see this a being an intended use of the file library.

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Re:“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print ... by BrandonM on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:42PM (#11719570)

Yep, a month and a half after the bug was filed. Not too shabby for OSS!

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