diff --git a/recipes/file/Makefile b/recipes/file/Makefile
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--- /dev/null
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+name = file
+version = 5.39
+release = 0
+URL = ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-$(version).tar.gz
+
+dependencies = zlib
+build-dependencies = make, musl-dev, zlib-dev
+
+CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_USER = --enable-zlib --disable-libseccomp
+
+SYSCONF ?= ../../
+include $(SYSCONF)/package.mk