diff --git a/file/.SRCINFO b/file/.SRCINFO
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d090dc6878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file/.SRCINFO
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+pkgbase = file
+	pkgdesc = File type identification utility
+	pkgver = 5.46
+	pkgrel = 2
+	url = https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
+	arch = x86_64
+	arch = powerpc64le
+	arch = powerpc64
+	arch = powerpc
+	arch = espresso
+	arch = riscv64
+	license = custom
+	depends = glibc
+	depends = zlib
+	depends = xz
+	depends = bzip2
+	depends = libseccomp
+	depends = libseccomp.so
+	depends = zstd
+	depends = libzstd.so
+	provides = libmagic.so
+	options = !emptydirs
+	source = https://astron.com/pub/file/file-5.46.tar.gz
+	source = https://astron.com/pub/file/file-5.46.tar.gz.asc
+	source = 0001-PR-579-net147-Fix-stack-overrun.patch
+	validpgpkeys = BE04995BA8F90ED0C0C176C471112AB16CB33B3A
+	sha256sums = c9cc77c7c560c543135edc555af609d5619dbef011997e988ce40a3d75d86088
+	sha256sums = SKIP
+	sha256sums = 2db041dcadaf8500a8e10d914890963f27a5b716e97f0baf839e01f7c3d8b576
+
+pkgname = file
diff --git a/file/.nvchecker.toml b/file/.nvchecker.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fad28db450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file/.nvchecker.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[file]
+source = "regex"
+url = "https://astron.com/pub/file/"
+regex = "file-(\\d+\\.\\d+).tar.gz"
diff --git a/file/0001-PR-579-net147-Fix-stack-overrun.patch b/file/0001-PR-579-net147-Fix-stack-overrun.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9649545572
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file/0001-PR-579-net147-Fix-stack-overrun.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From b3384a1fbfa1fee99986e5750ab8e700de4f24ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
+Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 18:35:40 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] PR/579: net147: Fix stack overrun.
+
+---
+ src/readelf.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/readelf.c b/src/readelf.c
+index fe4cf5413..d209d86df 100644
+--- a/src/readelf.c
++++ b/src/readelf.c
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
+ #include "file.h"
+ 
+ #ifndef lint
+-FILE_RCSID("@(#)$File: readelf.c,v 1.196 2024/11/11 15:49:11 christos Exp $")
++FILE_RCSID("@(#)$File: readelf.c,v 1.197 2024/12/05 18:35:40 christos Exp $")
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifdef BUILTIN_ELF
+@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ dophn_exec(struct magic_set *ms, int clazz, int swap, int fd, off_t off,
+ 	Elf64_Phdr ph64;
+ 	const char *linking_style;
+ 	unsigned char nbuf[NBUFSIZE];
+-	char interp[128];
++	char interp[NBUFSIZE];
+ 	ssize_t bufsize;
+ 	size_t offset, align, need = 0;
+ 	int pie = 0, dynamic = 0;
diff --git a/file/PKGBUILD b/file/PKGBUILD
index ede9b8675b..cab12b8975 100644
--- a/file/PKGBUILD
+++ b/file/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # Contributor: Andreas Radke <andyrtr@archlinux.org>
 
 pkgname=file
-pkgver=5.45
-pkgrel=1.2
+pkgver=5.46
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc='File type identification utility'
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc espresso riscv64)
 license=('custom')
@@ -14,17 +14,11 @@ depends=('glibc' 'zlib' 'xz' 'bzip2' 'libseccomp' 'libseccomp.so' 'zstd' 'libzst
 provides=('libmagic.so')
 options=('!emptydirs')
 source=("https://astron.com/pub/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"{,.asc}
-        file-5.45-32-bit-time_t-deux.patch
-        file-5.45-32-bit-time_t.patch
-        file-5.45-seccomp-sandbox.patch
-        file-5.45-weak-magic-shell.patch)
+        '0001-PR-579-net147-Fix-stack-overrun.patch')
 validpgpkeys=('BE04995BA8F90ED0C0C176C471112AB16CB33B3A') # Christos Zoulas
-sha256sums=('fc97f51029bb0e2c9f4e3bffefdaf678f0e039ee872b9de5c002a6d09c784d82'
+sha256sums=('c9cc77c7c560c543135edc555af609d5619dbef011997e988ce40a3d75d86088'
             'SKIP'
-            'c6fd7ce3d90dad6378169b4f6ee09db637148b2f92651aaca59953d5140a104f'
-            'bacf14d3aa5c2cd160ab1fcf9e2d25ca2bb6d0643a793176e93031bbbc646335'
-            'a6b67702ab2e0ed9d518849abfc8b73b6f5835b3f9fb5be6e52bf049f6c6780d'
-            '1447ff7f9cdd5005c63f78266f3fa9be9b02279c01ae05a2cffe994efd00c6ac')
+            '2db041dcadaf8500a8e10d914890963f27a5b716e97f0baf839e01f7c3d8b576')
 
 prepare() {
   cd $pkgname-$pkgver
@@ -37,8 +31,6 @@ prepare() {
     echo "Applying patch $src..."
     patch -Np1 < "../$src"
   done
-
-  autoreconf -fiv
 }
 
 build() {
@@ -55,8 +47,8 @@ build() {
   ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --datadir=/usr/share/file \
-    --enable-fsect-man5 ${_configure_flags[@]}
-    sed -i -e 's/ -shared / -Wl,-O1,--as-needed\0/g' libtool
+    --enable-fsect-man5 ${_configure_flasg[@]}
+  sed -i -e 's/ -shared / -Wl,-O1,--as-needed\0/g' libtool
   make
 }