GNU bug report logs - #77898
31.0.50; arc-mode: Split PKZIP archive signature not recognized

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Message #25 received at 77898-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jens Schmidt <jschmidt4gnu <at> vodafonemail.de>
Cc: 77898-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77898: 31.0.50; arc-mode: Split PKZIP archive signature not
 recognized
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:09:54 +0300

> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:08:21 +0200
> Cc: 77898 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Jens Schmidt <jschmidt4gnu <at> vodafonemail.de>
> 
> On 2025-04-19  15:07, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Or even
> > 
> >     ;;    See APPNOTE.txt
> >     (cond ((looking-at "\\(?:PK\007\010\\|PK00\\)?[P]K\003\004") 'zip)
> 
> Thanks, I went for that.
> 
> Please find attached the next version of the patch.  I added tests not
> only for zip and split zip detection, but also for all archivers that
> follow the calling pattern
> 
>   ARCHIVER PARAMETER... ARCHIVE FILE...
> 
> and that I could easily install on my GNU/Linux system.  Which were
> surprisingly many.
> 
> Of course, such tests are highly OS-dependent any have the potential
> of causing a lot of failures, even though I tried to code them in a
> defensive manner.
> 
> WDYT?

LGTM, and the tests succeeded on my system, so I've now installed this
on master, and I'm closing the bug.

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