cvs commit: ports/archivers/file-roller Makefile ports/archivers/file-roller/files patch-src_fr-command-zip.c

[Doug Barton]

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.

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