diff -up file-5.04/src/fsmagic.c.retval file-5.04/src/fsmagic.c

--- file-5.04/src/fsmagic.c.retval	2010-04-14 12:37:12.000000000 +0200

+++ file-5.04/src/fsmagic.c	2010-04-14 12:55:50.000000000 +0200

@@ -127,14 +127,8 @@ file_fsmagic(struct magic_set *ms, const

 	ret = stat(fn, sb);	/* don't merge into if; see "ret =" above */

 	if (ret) {

-		if (ms->flags & MAGIC_ERROR) {

-			file_error(ms, errno, "cannot stat `%s'", fn);

-			return -1;

-		}

-		if (file_printf(ms, "cannot open `%s' (%s)",

-		    fn, strerror(errno)) == -1)

-			return -1;

-		return 1;

+	    file_error(ms, errno, "cannot open `%s'", fn);

+	    return -1;

 	}

 	if (!mime) {