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

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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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Message #34 received at 17663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr>
Cc: 17663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#17663: 24.4.50; arc-mode.el has unrar-free hard-coded
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:56:47 +0300

> From: Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr>
> Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 17663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:06:05 +0200
> 
> > Given the troubled history of the Free Software programs available to
> > access RAR archives, and its various format versions, I'd prefer that
> > we had more than one solution for RAR.  Having just one hard-coded
> > program sounds like a near-term maintenance headache.  Other
> > possibilities include unrar-free, GNA's unrar, and bsdtar from
> > libarchive.  I think we should make this more future-proof.  Nicolas,
> > would you like to work on that?
> 
> Would adding support for (GNA) unrar be enough for you?
> If so, I'll gladly add it.

Sure, please do, and thanks.
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