'/usr/share/file/magic' doesn’t work on Mac and homebrew

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'/usr/share/file/magic' doesn’t work on Mac and homebrew

Closed this issue 8 years ago · 7 comments

Error in the PHP server logs: https://pastebin.mozilla.org/8965227

Answer 1 · 2017-01-18T17:07:25.000Z

This is interesting. I set up langchecker on Mac, using the internal PHP web server, but I don't get any error and everything works out of the box.

Do you have a /usr/share/file/magic folder on your Mac?

Answer 2 · 2017-01-18T17:09:13.000Z

weird… I do have this folder, yes (and it’s loaded with stuff). Are you on 10.12.2 too?

Answer 3 · 2017-01-18T17:10:37.000Z

I've tested on 10.11.6 (15G1212), I can try 10.12.2 later

Answer 4 · 2017-01-18T17:12:03.000Z

Also, are you using php internal server or apache?

Answer 5 · 2017-01-18T17:14:25.000Z

using internal PHP server 7.0.14, installed via homebrew. Maybe a homebrew related nonsense?

Answer 6 · 2017-01-18T17:18:00.000Z

Definitely. I'm using the default php

$ php --version
PHP 5.5.38 (cli) (built: Aug 21 2016 21:48:49)
Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies

I can give it a try with homebrew.

Answer 7 · 2017-01-18T17:55:05.000Z

I think you're hitting
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66885

Trying to figure out if we can at least not die like that