diff --git a/sys-apps/file/file-5.04.recipe b/sys-apps/file/file-5.04.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index f209cef63..000000000
--- a/sys-apps/file/file-5.04.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="Identify a file's format by scanning binary data for patterns"
-HOMEPAGE="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/"
-SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.04.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="accade81ff1cc774904b47c72c8aeea0"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd file-5.04
-	autoreconf -fvi
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd file-5.04
-	make install
-}
-LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
-COPYRIGHT="1986-1999 Ian F. Darwin"
diff --git a/sys-apps/file/file-5.11.recipe b/sys-apps/file/file-5.11.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index a4c0c9db7..000000000
--- a/sys-apps/file/file-5.11.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="Identify a file's format by scanning binary data for patterns"
-HOMEPAGE="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/"
-SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.11.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="16a407bd66d6c7a832f3a5c0d609c27b"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd file-5.11
-	autoreconf -fvi
-	./configure --prefix="$(finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY)" \
-	--mandir="$(finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY)/man" \
-	--datadir="$(finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY)"
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd file-5.11
-	make install
-}
-LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
-COPYRIGHT="1986-1999 Ian F. Darwin"
diff --git a/sys-apps/file/file-5.15.recipe b/sys-apps/file/file-5.15.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6878f1668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/file/file-5.15.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+SUMMARY="Identify a file's format by scanning binary data for patterns"
+DESCRIPTION="
+This is Release 5.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable)
+file(1) command, an implementation of the Unix File(1) command. It
+knows the 'magic number' of several thousands of file types. This
+version is the standard 'file' command for Linux, *BSD, and other
+systems. (See 'patchlevel.h' for the exact release number).
+"
+HOMEPAGE="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/"
+SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.15.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="3f99565532f548d7540912c4642d1ede"
+REVISION="1"
+LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
+COPYRIGHT="
+1986-1999 Ian F. Darwin
+1994-2013 Christos Zoulas
+"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_gcc2"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	file = $portVersion compat >= 5
+	cmd:file = $portVersion compat >= 5
+	lib:libmagic = 1.0.0 compat >= 0
+	"
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	lib:libz
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	devel:libz
+	"
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	cmd:autoreconf
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:libtoolize
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:gcc
+	"
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	file_devel = $portVersion compat >= 0
+	devel:libmagic = $portVersion compat >= 0
+	"
+
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	file == $portVersion
+	"
+
+PATCHES="file-5.15.patch"
+
+SOURCE_DIR="$portVersionedName"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	autoreconf -fvi
+	runConfigure ./configure
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libmagic
+	packageEntries devel $developDir
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.04.patch b/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.04.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e1cc93ec..000000000
--- a/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.04.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff -up file-5.04/configure.ac.orig file-5.04/configure.ac
---- file-5.04/configure.ac.orig	2010-02-24 23:25:36.805044224 -0700
-+++ file-5.04/configure.ac	2010-02-24 23:25:01.144441344 -0700
-@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ else
-    WARNINGS="-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith \
-        -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs \
-        -Wsign-compare -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wshadow \
--       -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wextra -Wunused-parameter"
-+       -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings"
- fi], [
- if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-    WARNINGS="-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith \
-        -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs \
-        -Wsign-compare -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wshadow \
--       -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wextra -Wunused-parameter"
-+       -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings"
- else
-    WARNINGS=
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
diff --git a/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.11.patch b/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.15.patch
similarity index 80%
rename from sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.11.patch
rename to sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.15.patch
index 99a60b72f..924895740 100644
--- a/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.11.patch
+++ b/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.15.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -up file-5.11/configure.ac.orig file-5.11/configure.ac
---- file-5.11/configure.ac.orig	2012-02-21 12:16:29.015728640 -0700
-+++ file-5.11/configure.ac	2012-05-02 22:53:14.077594624 -0600
+diff -up file-5.15/configure.ac.orig file-5.15/configure.ac
+--- file-5.15/configure.ac.orig	2012-02-21 12:16:29.015728640 -0700
++++ file-5.15/configure.ac	2012-05-02 22:53:14.077594624 -0600
 @@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ else
     WARNINGS="-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith \
         -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs \