Tagging as a regression - the expected results in the description were obtained on xenial.
** Tags added: regression-release -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to file in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1763570 Title: file does not fully recognize ISO images Status in file package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Environment: Xubuntu 18.04 $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 $ apt-cache policy file file: Installed: 1:5.32-2 Candidate: 1:5.32-2 Version table: *** 1:5.32-2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Steps-to-reproduce: 1) Download Xubuntu 16.04 ISO from http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/16.04/release/xubuntu-16.04 -desktop-amd64.iso 2) run: file --mime-type xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso 3) run: file xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso Expected results: Result of (2) should be: $ file --mime-type xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso: application/x-iso9660-image ... and result of (3) should be: $ file xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso: DOS/MBR boot sector ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data (DOS/MBR boot sector) 'Xubuntu 16.04 LTS amd64' (bootable); partition 2 : ID=0xef, start-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 2410708, 4736 sectors Actual results: $ file --mime-type xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso: application/octet-stream $ file xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso: DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 2 : ID=0xef, start-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 2410708, 4736 sectors ubuntuforums thread: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2388736 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file/+bug/1763570/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
