On 23. Nov 2025, at 17:23, H via mc <[email protected]> wrote: > > H via mc wrote: >> Running mc under Rocky Linux 9. The help screen for mc says "unknown" for >> version but it has been installed from epel (I believe). I am unable to open >> bz2 archives despite bzip2 installed. >> >> Is this a known bug? > > rpm -qa shows I have version 4.8.26 installed although mc -V shows "version > unknown". Searching on the internet suggests this is a known bug with respect > to unpacking archives which has been fixed in version 4.8.31. > > What would be the proper procedure for requesting mc in the Rocky Linux 9 > archive (RHEL 9) archive be updated to the latest version since this is a > "serious" bug?
Red Hat wouldn’t bump to a new version as a matter of policy, but they might backport the fix. You’ll only stand a chance if you have a RHEL subscription, and preferably a rather large fleet, or they (understandably) won’t budge. Otherwise, you could try EPEL folks to take mc 4.8.33, but the chances are slim, although not zero. I don’t know of any third-party maintaining backports. Probably the “easiest” way to get what you want would be to rebuild 4.8.31 yourself. It’s not too hard, basically just grab the SRPM from Rocky 10 and rebuild it for Rocky 9 with mock. -- mc mailing list [email protected] https://lists.midnight-commander.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
