mime type of ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz is wrong
Author: yangyingchaoCreated Jul 18, 2026Updated Sep 2, 2026
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What version of ripgrep are you using?
15.2.0
How did you install ripgrep?
What operating system are you using ripgrep on?
Gentoo linux
Describe your bug.
mime type of ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz is wrong.
It should be gzip compressed data, instead of DOS/MBR boot sector...
# (yyc@tdesk)-[~/Downloads]
$ file ripgrep-15.2.0-*
ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, last modified: Wed Jul 15 16:09:11 2026, from Unix, original size modulo 2^32 4404224
ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz: DOS/MBR boot sector
# (yyc@tdesk)-[~/Downloads]
$ file --mime-type ripgrep-15.2.0-*
ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz: application/gzip
ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz: application/octet-stream
What are the steps to reproduce the behavior?
download from: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
execute
file ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
What is the actual behavior?
file reports dos boot sector
What is the expected behavior?
file should report gzip compressed data.
Source: BurntSushi/ripgrep