diff --git a/meta/packages/file/file/ge-le.patch b/meta/packages/file/file/ge-le.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b7d8b60a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/file/file/ge-le.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+`>=' and `<=' was silently ignored in previous version,
+but causes an warning in file 5.04. Add support for these
+two operators as a feature extension, however, users should
+not rely on them.
+
+8/17/2010 - created by Qing He <qing.he@intel.com>
+
+diff --git a/src/apprentice.c b/src/apprentice.c
+index 3d4c3cf..a2b86ed 100644
+--- a/src/apprentice.c
++++ b/src/apprentice.c
+@@ -1396,11 +1396,10 @@ parse(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic_entry **mentryp, uint32_t *nmentryp,
+   		m->reln = *l;
+   		++l;
+ 		if (*l == '=') {
+-			if (ms->flags & MAGIC_CHECK) {
+-				file_magwarn(ms, "%c= not supported",
+-				    m->reln);
+-				return -1;
+-			}
++		    if (m->reln == '>')
++			m->reln = 'g';
++		    else if (m->reln == '<')
++			m->reln = 'l';
+ 		   ++l;
+ 		}
+ 		break;
+diff --git a/src/softmagic.c b/src/softmagic.c
+index d8a5675..1648e43 100644
+--- a/src/softmagic.c
++++ b/src/softmagic.c
+@@ -1955,6 +1955,38 @@ magiccheck(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic *m)
+ 		}
+ 		break;
+ 
++	case 'g':
++		if (m->flag & UNSIGNED) {
++			matched = v >= l;
++			if ((ms->flags & MAGIC_DEBUG) != 0)
++				(void) fprintf(stderr, "%llu >= %llu = %d\n",
++				    (unsigned long long)v,
++				    (unsigned long long)l, matched);
++		}
++		else {
++			matched = (int64_t) v >= (int64_t) l;
++			if ((ms->flags & MAGIC_DEBUG) != 0)
++				(void) fprintf(stderr, "%lld >= %lld = %d\n",
++				    (long long)v, (long long)l, matched);
++		}
++		break;
++
++	case 'l':
++		if (m->flag & UNSIGNED) {
++			matched = v <= l;
++			if ((ms->flags & MAGIC_DEBUG) != 0)
++				(void) fprintf(stderr, "%llu <= %llu = %d\n",
++				    (unsigned long long)v,
++				    (unsigned long long)l, matched);
++		}
++		else {
++			matched = (int64_t) v <= (int64_t) l;
++			if ((ms->flags & MAGIC_DEBUG) != 0)
++				(void) fprintf(stderr, "%lld <= %lld = %d\n",
++				       (long long)v, (long long)l, matched);
++		}
++		break;
++
+ 	case '&':
+ 		matched = (v & l) == l;
+ 		if ((ms->flags & MAGIC_DEBUG) != 0)
diff --git a/meta/packages/file/file/native-fix.diff b/meta/packages/file/file/native-fix.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index d17215a1b4..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/file/file/native-fix.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: file-4.16/magic/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- file-4.16.orig/magic/Makefile.am	2005-08-18 17:20:49.000000000 +0200
-+++ file-4.16/magic/Makefile.am	2006-03-08 17:01:13.000000000 +0100
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
- if IS_CROSS_COMPILE
- FILE_COMPILE = file
- else
--FILE_COMPILE = $(top_builddir)/src/file
-+FILE_COMPILE = ../src/file
- endif
- 
- magic.mgc: magic
diff --git a/meta/packages/file/file/stringb-compat.patch b/meta/packages/file/file/stringb-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..055e43e30a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/file/file/stringb-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+`B' in file 4.x has the same meaning with `W' in file 5,
+let `B' be an alias of `W'.
+
+8/17/2010 - created by Qing He <qing.he@intel.com>
+
+diff --git a/src/apprentice.c b/src/apprentice.c
+index 58826c3..3d4c3cf 100644
+--- a/src/apprentice.c
++++ b/src/apprentice.c
+@@ -1340,6 +1340,7 @@ parse(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic_entry **mentryp, uint32_t *nmentryp,
+ 						    "zero range");
+ 					l = t - 1;
+ 					break;
++				case CHAR_COMPACT_BLANK:
+ 				case CHAR_COMPACT_WHITESPACE:
+ 					m->str_flags |= STRING_COMPACT_WHITESPACE;
+ 					break;
+diff --git a/src/file.h b/src/file.h
+index c07f2d4..42cf416 100644
+--- a/src/file.h
++++ b/src/file.h
+@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ struct magic {
+ #define STRING_TEXTTEST				BIT(5)
+ #define STRING_BINTEST				BIT(6)
+ #define CHAR_COMPACT_WHITESPACE			'W'
++#define CHAR_COMPACT_BLANK			'B'
+ #define CHAR_COMPACT_OPTIONAL_WHITESPACE	'w'
+ #define CHAR_IGNORE_LOWERCASE			'c'
+ #define CHAR_IGNORE_UPPERCASE			'C'
diff --git a/meta/packages/file/file_4.18.bb b/meta/packages/file/file_5.04.bb
similarity index 64%
rename from meta/packages/file/file_4.18.bb
rename to meta/packages/file/file_5.04.bb
index 4c8e64c308..afc08162d4 100644
--- a/meta/packages/file/file_4.18.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/file/file_5.04.bb
@@ -5,21 +5,25 @@ SECTION = "console/utils"
 
 # two clause BSD
 LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;beginline=2;md5=6a7382872edb68d33e1a9398b6e03188"
 
-DEPENDS = "file-native"
-DEPENDS_virtclass-native = ""
+DEPENDS = "zlib file-native"
+DEPENDS_virtclass-native = "zlib-native"
+PR = "r1"
 
 SRC_URI = "ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://stringb-compat.patch \
+           file://ge-le.patch \
            file://dump \
            file://filesystems"
-SRC_URI_append_virtclass-native = " file://native-fix.diff;patch=1"
 
 inherit autotools
 
 do_configure_prepend() {
-	sed -i -e 's,$(top_builddir)/src/file,file,' ${S}/magic/Makefile.am
 	cp ${WORKDIR}/dump ${S}/magic/Magdir/
 	cp ${WORKDIR}/filesystems ${S}/magic/Magdir/
 }
 
+FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/misc/*.mgc"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"