[ark] [Bug 458334] Ark does not support using the 7zz binary for 7z archives
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458334
--- Comment #6 from Elvis Angelaccio ---
(In reply to Gerald Cox from comment #5)
> (In reply to Elvis Angelaccio from comment #4)
> > (In reply to nl6720 from comment #3)
> > > The fact that Ark needed to specifically add support for the 7z binary
> > > being
> > > the official 7-zip, shows that thoughtlessly symlinking 7z to 7zz is not
> > > wise.
> >
> > I disagree. Ark is the exception here, because it uses 7z in advanced way,
> > so we had no choice.
> >
> > Think about the common case. The 7z binary has been around for years and
> > software in the wild assumed they could extract a random 7zip archive with a
> > simple call to "7z x foo.7z".
>
> I understand that some people and distributions may use 7z for compatibility
> purposes and I have no issues with that, but that doesn't mean that you
> shouldn't support the actual binary from 7zip which is 7zz. My
> understanding is that the one 7zz binary can be used to replace the
> unmaintained p7zip ('7zr', '7za', '7z'). 7zz will always exist on a system
> that has 7zip installed, 7z as a symlink may or may not.
This won't be necessary. Ark 24.05 ships with basic 7z support through
libarchive, which means it no longer requires any binary at all.
However, I'll leave this report open until we don't officially drop the legacy
p7zip plugin.
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[ark] [Bug 458334] Ark does not support using the 7zz binary for 7z archives
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458334
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--- Comment #5 from Gerald Cox ---
(In reply to Elvis Angelaccio from comment #4)
> (In reply to nl6720 from comment #3)
> > The fact that Ark needed to specifically add support for the 7z binary being
> > the official 7-zip, shows that thoughtlessly symlinking 7z to 7zz is not
> > wise.
>
> I disagree. Ark is the exception here, because it uses 7z in advanced way,
> so we had no choice.
>
> Think about the common case. The 7z binary has been around for years and
> software in the wild assumed they could extract a random 7zip archive with a
> simple call to "7z x foo.7z".
I understand that some people and distributions may use 7z for compatibility
purposes and I have no issues with that, but that doesn't mean that you
shouldn't support the actual binary from 7zip which is 7zz. My understanding
is that the one 7zz binary can be used to replace the unmaintained p7zip
('7zr', '7za', '7z'). 7zz will always exist on a system that has 7zip
installed, 7z as a symlink may or may not.
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[ark] [Bug 458334] Ark does not support using the 7zz binary for 7z archives
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458334 --- Comment #4 from Elvis Angelaccio --- (In reply to nl6720 from comment #3) > The fact that Ark needed to specifically add support for the 7z binary being > the official 7-zip, shows that thoughtlessly symlinking 7z to 7zz is not > wise. I disagree. Ark is the exception here, because it uses 7z in advanced way, so we had no choice. Think about the common case. The 7z binary has been around for years and software in the wild assumed they could extract a random 7zip archive with a simple call to "7z x foo.7z". -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[ark] [Bug 458334] Ark does not support using the 7zz binary for 7z archives
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458334 --- Comment #3 from nl6...@gmail.com --- The fact that Ark needed to specifically add support for the 7z binary being the official 7-zip, shows that thoughtlessly symlinking 7z to 7zz is not wise. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[ark] [Bug 458334] Ark does not support using the 7zz binary for 7z archives
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458334 --- Comment #2 from Elvis Angelaccio --- While it would be possible to adapt Ark to support the 7zz binary, it wouldn't be the right thing to do. Distributions that ship the new 7zz binary should also provide a legacy 7z symlink for compatibility, like e.g. openSUSE does. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[ark] [Bug 458334] Ark does not support using the 7zz binary for 7z archives
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458334 2wxsy5823...@opayq.com changed: What|Removed |Added See Also||https://bugs.kde.org/show_b ||ug.cgi?id=440135 --- Comment #1 from 2wxsy5823...@opayq.com --- Currently, FreeBSD and openSUSE's 7-Zip packages have `7z` which links to `7zz`, but ALT Linux and Ubuntu's 7-Zip packages have no `7z`. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
