GNU bug report logs - #28972
[PATCH] gnu: Remove unrar.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Adonay Felipe Nogueira <adfeno <at> hyperbola.info>
Cc: 28972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ng0 <ng0 <at> infotropique.org>, Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Subject: [bug#28972] [PATCH] gnu: Remove unrar.
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:30:43 +0200

Adonay Felipe Nogueira <adfeno <at> hyperbola.info> writes:

> Perhaps The Unarchiver (unar, no R in the middle)?
>
> See <https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Unar>

I tried packaging this once, but it is quite difficult as it depends on
an Objective C compiler (which is currently broken in Guix due to the
fact that GCC doesn’t find it) and GNUstep (which is not fully packaged
yet).

I agree with Leo to remove the outdated unrar package.  Waiting for the
alternative to be packaged would not be reasonable, given the size of
the task.

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Ricardo

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