I just ported python-magic to python3.

Of course, python got its very own mimetypes, but there are reasons to rely on libmagic.

If you want to use magic with python3:

aptitude install libmagic-dev
apt-get source file
wget http://p.carnivore.it/2v6Uwg?download -O /dev/stdout | patch -p1
cd file-5.03/python/
/opt/dionaea/bin/python3 setup.py install

Afterwards, useage is compatible to python2:

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