Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:29:34 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/archivers/file-roller Makefile ports/archivers/file-roller/files patch-src_fr-command-zip.c Message-ID: <4B40B7DE.7010703@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1262502385.16768.134.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <201001022211.o02MBMSn045154@repoman.freebsd.org> <4B402298.7040202@FreeBSD.org> <1262502385.16768.134.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 20:52 -0800, Doug Barton wrote: >> Isn't this bass-ackwards? Is there some functionality from unzip that >> this port needs that the version now in the base does not provide? If >> that's the case, can someone make that issue known so that interested >> parties can address it? > > There are two issues. The first is a lack of zipinfo. The unzip port > includes the zipinfo binary which can be invoked via unzip by passing > the -Z argument (i.e. unzip -Z is equivalent to calling zipinfo). > > The other major feature lacking in /usr/bin/unzip is password support. > The unzip port supports password-encoded archives (via the -P argument), > and the base version does not. > > If both of these issues get addressed, the base unzip would be fine. > Without the fixes, file-roller is useless when it comes to zip archives. That makes sense, thanks. -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso
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