file-4.15 is out and it supports cross-compiling :D

package/file/file.mk

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # file
 #
 #############################################################
-FILE_VER:=4.13
+FILE_VER:=4.15
 FILE_SOURCE:=file-$(FILE_VER).tar.gz
 FILE_SITE:=ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file
 FILE_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/file-$(FILE_VER)

package/file/file.patch

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
---- file-4.10/magic/Makefile.in.orig	2004-07-24 14:38:55.000000000 -0600
-+++ file-4.10/magic/Makefile.in	2004-07-28 12:16:23.000000000 -0600
-@@ -490,10 +490,10 @@
- 	done >> $@
- 
- magic.mgc: magic
--	$(top_builddir)/src/file -C -m magic
-+	/usr/bin/file -C -m magic
- 
- magic.mime.mgc: magic.mime
--	$(top_builddir)/src/file -C -m $(srcdir)/magic.mime
-+	/usr/bin/file -C -m $(srcdir)/magic.mime
- # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
- # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
- .NOEXPORT:
---- file-4.10/magic/Makefile.am.orig	2004-07-24 14:38:55.000000000 -0600
-+++ file-4.10/magic/Makefile.am	2004-07-28 12:18:15.000000000 -0600
-@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
- 	done >> $@
- 
- magic.mgc: magic
--	$(top_builddir)/src/file -C -m magic
-+	/usr/bin/file -C -m magic
- 
- magic.mime.mgc: magic.mime
--	$(top_builddir)/src/file -C -m $(srcdir)/magic.mime
-+	/usr/bin/file -C -m $(srcdir)/magic.mime
- 
- magic_FRAGMENTS = \
- Magdir/acorn \