diff --git a/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group b/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
index 613f86e..13accd8 100644
--- a/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
+++ b/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ zstd")";
 : ${PKG_FFMPEG_URL:=https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-${PKG_FFMPEG_VERSION}.tar.xz};
 : ${PKG_FFMPEG_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--cc=${DEFAULT_TARGET}-gcc --cxx=${DEFAULT_TARGET}-g++ --disable-stripping --enable-cross-compile --enable-libass --enable-libshine --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libxml2 --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-gnutls --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libssh --pkg-config=${PREFIX}/bin/${DEFAULT_TARGET}-pkg-config --prefix=/ --target-os=midipix --x86asmexe=${DEFAULT_TARGET}-nasm"};
 : ${PKG_FFMPEG_CFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:="-I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include/SDL2 -I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include/libxml2 -std=gnu99"};
-: ${PKG_FILE_SHA256SUM:=f05d286a76d9556243d0cb05814929c2ecf3a5ba07963f8f70bfaaa70517fad1};
-: ${PKG_FILE_VERSION:=5.39};
+: ${PKG_FILE_SHA256SUM:=c076fb4d029c74073f15c43361ef572cfb868407d347190ba834af3b1639b0e4};
+: ${PKG_FILE_VERSION:=5.42};
 : ${PKG_FILE_URL:=http://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${PKG_FILE_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_GDBM_DEPENDS:="ncurses"};
 : ${PKG_GDBM_SHA256SUM:=74b1081d21fff13ae4bd7c16e5d6e504a4c26f7cde1dca0d963a484174bbcacd};
diff --git a/patches/file-5.42_pre.local.patch b/patches/file-5.42_pre.local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3cbd39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/file-5.42_pre.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ru file-5.42.orig/src/Makefile.in file-5.42/src/Makefile.in
+--- file-5.42.orig/src/Makefile.in	2022-06-29 22:49:15.379469079 +0200
++++ file-5.42/src/Makefile.in	2022-06-29 22:56:35.117265729 +0200
+@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
+ CCLD = $(CC)
+ LINK = $(LIBTOOL) $(AM_V_lt) --tag=CC $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) \
+ 	$(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=link $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) \
+-	$(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
++	$(AM_LDFLAGS) -o $@
+ AM_V_CCLD = $(am__v_CCLD_@AM_V@)
+ am__v_CCLD_ = $(am__v_CCLD_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
+ am__v_CCLD_0 = @echo "  CCLD    " $@;