GNU bug report logs - #52477
27.1; .crx and .crx3 are zip files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 04:58:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 27.1

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>
Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, 52477 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
Subject: bug#52477: 27.1; .crx and .crx3 are zip files
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:55:29 +0200

> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:50:43 +1100
> From: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, stefan <at> marxist.se,
> 	52477 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Someone mentioned libarchive, originally from BSD, which provides a
> standard interface to EVERY(ish) archive and compression format.
> 
> Is it reasonable for emacs to just chuck out arc-mode (and tar-mode
> and jka-compr) and instead just use libarchive?

It's reasonable, but Someone™ should write the code to do it.
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