problem with file-5.17-1

[Nellis, Kenneth]

Problem with the latest "file" command:

$ cat -A Makefile
CC := gcc$
CXX := g++$
INCDIR := $(HOME)/include$
BINDIR := $(MY_BINDIR)$
LIBDIR := $(MY_LIBDIR)$
CPPFLAGS_NOANSI := -Wall -pedantic -I $(INCDIR)$
CPPFLAGS := -ansi $(CPPFLAGS_NOANSI)$
EXEEXT := .exe$
LSTAT_SUPPORT := 1$
$ file Makefile
Makefile: ERROR: line 163: regex error 17, (illegal byte sequence)
$ file --version
file-5.17
magic file from /usr/share/misc/magic
$ which file
/usr/bin/file
$ cygcheck -f `which file`
file-5.17-1
$ uname -r
1.7.28(0.271/5/3)$

--Ken Nellis

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