Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 00:52:18 +0900 (JST) From: IIJIMA Hiromitsu <delmonta@ht.sakura.ne.jp> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/57318: Wrong description in archivers/lha/Makefile Message-ID: <20030928155218.3668BA97F@sodans.usata.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200309281600.h8SG0W1U017630@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 57318 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Wrong description in archivers/lha/Makefile >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 28 09:00:31 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: IIJIMA Hiromitsu >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p3 i386 >Organization: DENNOU GEDOU GAKKAI, N. D. D. http://www.dennougedougakkai-ndd.org >Environment: System: FreeBSD sodans.usata.org 4.7-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p3 #0: Wed Jan 22 14:50:19 JST 2003 root@www.my.domain:/usr/src/sys/compile/RENTALv6 i386 Userland is upgraded to -p16, while the kernel is still -p3. >Description: ports/archivers/lha/Makefile says 'Archive files using LZW compression', but it is incorrect. LHa uses LZSS (a descendant of LZ77) and Huffman codings, and never uses LZW which is patented by Unisys. Calling it as 'LZW compression' WILL cause confusion among people, so it should be corrected. >How-To-Repeat: Make a Google search to confirm which algorithms LHa uses. >Fix: Change the comment to, for example: Manipulates .lzh archives used by Japanese DOS/Windows community, Amiga, and so on. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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