[uClibc] file build failed - no magic numbers?

[Allen Curtis]

>> the issue is that you have to have a version of file on the build 
>> system that
>> is at least as old as the one in buildroot
>
> I am running Sarge and it has v4.09. Perhaps you mean as new as the 
> buildroot version?
>
Upgraded to v4.12 and it works, Thanks!

I would think this would be a configuration or build check, is that 
normally checked in BuildRoot?