GNU bug report logs - #60896
make error if not in 7z format

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 60896 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60896: dired-view-file vs. .7z
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:21:59 +0200

> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Cc: 60896 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,control <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:51:43 +0800
> 
> Well, if the file is not in 7z format,
> then I hope dired-view-file would make an error message,
> like it does if a file is not in .gz format:
> ---
> Error while executing "gzip -c -q -d < /tmp/x.gz"
> 
> 
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

That gzip error message comes from the gzip program, not from Emacs.
What does 7z say in a similar case?  That's what dired-view-file
should show.
This bug report was last modified 1 year and 303 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.