[File] Python Bytecode

[Christos Zoulas]

I just added it...

christos

> On Feb 13, 2020, at 1:43 PM, Steve Grubb <sgrubb at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have one last observation that I'd like to share. In checking the system
> for executables that match mime-type application/octet-stream, I'm finding
> that all python bytecode files are detected as application/octet-stream.
> 
> file --mime-type -b /usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/__pycache__/audit.cpython-37.pyc
> application/octet-stream
> 
> I'm scratching my head, though. Because I notice that magic/Magdir/python has
> all the magic numbers to correctly identify all shipping versions of python.
> 
> $ file -b /usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/__pycache__/audit.cpython-37.pyc
> python 3.7 byte-compiled
> 
> I'm curious why it has octet-stream rather than application/x-bytecode.python?
> 
> Best Regards,
> -Steve
> 
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