Subject: Re: bug#63669: Cutter package is heavily outdated and uses wrong backend

From: Csepp <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 08:07:10 +0200

merge 60413 63669
thanks

XVilka Haos of System <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi!
> Regarding the package https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/cutter/
>
> Since Cutter 2.x versions, it switched from Radare2 to Rizin as a
> backend (a fork of Radare2). Meanwhile, Radare2 developers renamed
> their GUI to "Iaito":
>
> The latest available Cutter release at this time (May 23, 2023) is
> 2.2.1, and the corresponding Rizin release is 0.5.2
>
> Since Guix already has packaged Rizin, upgrading the Cutter package
> should be straightforward:
> https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/rizin
>
> **Links for the reference**
>
> - https://cutter.re
> - https://github.com/rizinorg/cutter
> - https://rizin.re/posts/faq/
> - https://github.com/radareorg/iaito
> - https://repology.org/project/cutter-re/versions
> - https://repology.org/project/rizin/versions
>
> **Release links**
>
> - https://github.com/rizinorg/cutter/releases/tag/v2.2.1
> - https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/releases/tag/v0.5.2
>
> Best regards,
> XVilka.

I've tried upgrading it, it wasn't exactly simple.

For now you can use the official Flatpak instead:
flatpak install re.rizin.cutter