I have found it... it happens when trying with compressed data compressed using the compress command found in the ncompress package. Setting to Confirmed.
** Changed in: file (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Tags added: bitesize string-fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/683668 Title: file command in 10.10 produces wrong message -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs