Re: git: d982d564acb5 - main - misc/deark: [NEW PORT] Utility for data extraction, decompression, and image format decoding

Am Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 05:15:44AM +0000 schrieb Älven:
> The branch main has been updated by alven:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=d982d564acb5c538f11a489c8b200ae3a5421143
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> commit d982d564acb5c538f11a489c8b200ae3a5421143
> Author:     Älven <alven@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2026-01-13 22:50:09 +0000
> Commit:     Älven <alven@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2026-02-17 05:15:29 +0000
> 
>     misc/deark: [NEW PORT] Utility for data extraction, decompression, and image format decoding
>     
>     Deark is a portable command-line utility that can decode certain types of files,

It would have been kind of interesting to know what "certain" refers to
here.  The description doesn't really tell me what I would need the port
for, it's pretty vague unless you already know everything about the
software.

>     and either convert them to a more-modern or more-readable format, or extract
>     embedded files from them. It also has an option (-d) to display detailed
>     information about a file’s contents and metadata. It’s Free Software.
>     
>     The files it writes are usually named "output.*".
>     
>     When processing "archive" formats that contain other files, it's usually best to
>     use Deark only to convert to ZIP format, so that the filenames and paths can be
>     retained. Suggest options "-zip -ka".
>     
>     WWW:      https://entropymine.com/deark/
>     
>     Approved by:            yuri@ (Mentor)
>     Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54697

Yours,
Robert Clausecker

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