From unknown Thu Jun 12 08:34:58 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#38256 <38256@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#38256 <38256@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Packages sources in '.tar.lz' archives Reply-To: bug#38256 <38256@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:34:58 +0000 retitle 38256 Packages sources in '.tar.lz' archives reassign 38256 guix submitter 38256 Guillaume Le Vaillant severity 38256 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Nov 18 08:30:06 2019 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Nov 2019 13:30:06 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43338 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iWh6R-0003Ry-Je for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 08:30:04 -0500 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:53246) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iWh6O-0003R7-UJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 08:30:01 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44200) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iWh6M-00080W-5Z for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 08:29:59 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iWh6J-0003C3-EI for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 08:29:57 -0500 Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]:48351) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iWh6I-0003B8-Pq for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 08:29:55 -0500 Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 027EE2400FD for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:29:50 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1574083791; bh=opHqt5B5ZuAm5HrSLyDr/XI5PgPRpzQzfSTIc04K/Ow=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:From; b=sOa+M5oO9Kzx+1+I94RkFmZ0xl019bjdQp1Y5ADXabK/FFiS6uo6vSK9lM4lCH6lP FdDv8ehw4ybn5ixc6pf96WBWDm94Rig3OpI6rrHtKAnzYHaT49UL285EETGf0c1pvM FwDpMTTZgyHEgzE9eciNKEN1LUFghmJwVxKX6MXclTzEefwsDuWTHavnZ/fVyQ34c3 +xopEOMASo2aI4kf+040cCEQHRfU/TdC6rSWLX7L9R+fcjuq4tIPNf2z+LuzmgJyCL e6bFz1TRLWE6bv34ph66+Y/X9pAKkkJnVOJuxMsXsRn8rfd1ThVR/+ET00x1/Rg3R9 TorT2lBwQ5qPw== Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 47GqZ35gMhz9rxL for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:29:47 +0100 (CET) User-agent: mu4e 1.2.0; emacs 26.3 From: Guillaume Le Vaillant To: bug-guix@gnu.org Subject: Packages sources in '.tar.lz' archives Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:29:44 +0100 Message-ID: <878sodqpmf.fsf@yamatai> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 185.67.36.66 X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) Hi, Currently, when package sources are in a '.tar.lz' archive (e.g. ed, wget, ddrescue, etc.), the 'lzip' package must be explicitly put into the 'native-inputs' of the package definition, or building the package fails. Would it be possible to make the 'lzip' package available by default in the build process, like 'gzip', 'bzip2' and 'xz'? From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Nov 23 12:37:31 2019 Received: (at 38256) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2019 17:37:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57705 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iYZLf-0007hW-Dd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 23 Nov 2019 12:37:31 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:57525) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iYZLb-0007hI-Lq for 38256@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 23 Nov 2019 12:37:29 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:34887) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iYZLW-00079j-Cr; Sat, 23 Nov 2019 12:37:22 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=33622 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iYZLW-0001Ie-07; Sat, 23 Nov 2019 12:37:22 -0500 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Guillaume Le Vaillant Subject: Re: bug#38256: Packages sources in '.tar.lz' archives References: <878sodqpmf.fsf@yamatai> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 3 Frimaire an 228 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 18:37:20 +0100 In-Reply-To: <878sodqpmf.fsf@yamatai> (Guillaume Le Vaillant's message of "Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:29:44 +0100") Message-ID: <87lfs6335b.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 38256 Cc: 38256@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Hi Guillaume, Guillaume Le Vaillant skribis: > Currently, when package sources are in a '.tar.lz' archive (e.g. ed, > wget, ddrescue, etc.), the 'lzip' package must be explicitly put into > the 'native-inputs' of the package definition, or building the package > fails. > > Would it be possible to make the 'lzip' package available by default in > the build process, like 'gzip', 'bzip2' and 'xz'? Yes. There=E2=80=99s not a strong incentive because there are relatively f= ew packages distributed as lz files, but we could do that in =E2=80=98core-updates=E2=80=99. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.