the parabola package 'unar' may not longer be necessary as it seems arch has begun packaging the same program under the name 'unarchiver' so there is now the same program available in two different repos under different names - this is not critical but the current situation is very confusing how it got to be this way - can anyone sort out how to handle this
the 'unar' package is listed in the blacklist as replacing the 'unrar' package - but those are not the same software - that would explain the different name but that would not be considered to be a replacement but a completely unrelated alternative - i would really like to see the blacklist data be as informative and helpful as possible - this particular example is more confusing than helpful - the blacklist descriptions should all read something like: "the parabola version of this program was liberated in the following ways ...." in which case the parabola package lives in [libre] and usually has the same name as the non-free package - or else it should read: "parabola did not liberate this package but the following alternative is recommended instead ...." with the alternative package having a different name and noted only in the description but not in the metadata column #2 as the definitive liberated replacement secondly, the PKGBUILD for 'unar' has it replacing the 'unarchiver' which was presumably in the AUR when this was added - but that would not explain the different name because it is exactly the same program - it furthermore is not modified in any significant way from the upstream so therefore does not belong in [libre] but instead in [PCR] this is issue #1769 https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/1769
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