GNU bug report logs - #17663
24.4.50; arc-mode.el has unrar-free hard-coded

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dieter Deyke <dieter.deyke <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dieter Deyke <dieter.deyke <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 17663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17663: 24.4.50; arc-mode.el has unrar-free hard-coded
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:40:48 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>     arc-mode.el in the trunk has unrar-free hard-coded. unrar-free is no
>>     longer available in debian testing, and did not work correctly when
>>     it was available in the past. It would be better to use unar/lsar
>>     instead, see http://unarchiver.c3.cx/
>
> Indeed, thanks for bringing it up.  Could you provide a patch that does that?

I wish I could, but my lisp skills are almost nil.

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Dieter Deyke
mailto:dieter.deyke <at> gmail.com
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