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Breaking: #61859 - deprecated file type FILETYPE_SOFTWARE removed
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See :issue:`61859`

Description
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The constant :code:`\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\AbstractFile::FILETYPE_SOFTWARE` has been removed.


Impact
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Using the removed constant will result in a fatal error.


Affected installations
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Any installation using an extension that uses the constant :code:`\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\AbstractFile::FILETYPE_SOFTWARE`.


Migration
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Use :code:`\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\AbstractFile::FILETYPE_APPLICATION` instead, which matches the Iana standard.


.. index:: PHP-API, FAL
