Subject: [PATCH core-packages-team 3/4] gnu: libarchive: Update to 3.7.7.

From: Zheng Junjie <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 00:50:54 +0800

* gnu/packages/backup.scm (libarchive): Update to 3.7.7.
* gnu/packages/backup.scm (libarchive/fixed): Delete variable.
* gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-remove-potential-backdoor.patch: Remove it
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Unregister it.

Change-Id: Ia6474f9dae9a3d1a707d94fcace9bd50b2e3ac4c
---
 gnu/local.mk                                  |  1 -
 gnu/packages/backup.scm                       | 22 +--------
 ...libarchive-remove-potential-backdoor.patch | 47 -------------------
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-remove-potential-backdoor.patch

diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 67a41bdbf4..831939f72e 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1718,7 +1718,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/liba52-use-mtune-not-mcpu.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/libaio-32bit-test.patch                  \
   %D%/packages/patches/libaio-riscv-test5.patch			\
-  %D%/packages/patches/libarchive-remove-potential-backdoor.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/libbase-fix-includes.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/libbase-use-own-logging.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/libbonobo-activation-test-race.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/backup.scm b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
index b4aca86774..876167898b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/backup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
@@ -263,8 +263,7 @@ (define-public hdup
 (define-public libarchive
   (package
     (name "libarchive")
-    (replacement libarchive/fixed)
-    (version "3.6.1")
+    (version "3.7.7")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -273,10 +272,9 @@ (define-public libarchive
                   (string-append "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive"
                                  "/releases/download/v" version "/libarchive-"
                                  version ".tar.xz")))
-       (patches (search-patches "libarchive-remove-potential-backdoor.patch"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1rj8q5v26lxxr8x4b4nqbrj7p06qvl91hb8cdxi3xx3qp771lhas"))))
+         "1vps57mrpqmrk4zayh5g5amqfq7031s5zzkkxsm7r71rqf1wv6l7"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      (list bzip2
@@ -353,22 +351,6 @@ (define-public libarchive
 @command{bsdcat}, @command{bsdcpio} and @command{bsdtar} commands.")
     (license license:bsd-2)))
 
-(define libarchive/fixed
-  (package
-    (inherit libarchive)
-    (version "3.7.7")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (list (string-append "https://libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-"
-                                 version ".tar.xz")
-                  (string-append "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive"
-                                 "/releases/download/v" version "/libarchive-"
-                                 version ".tar.xz")))
-       (sha256
-        (base32
-         "1vps57mrpqmrk4zayh5g5amqfq7031s5zzkkxsm7r71rqf1wv6l7"))))))
-
 (define-public rdup
   (package
     (name "rdup")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-remove-potential-backdoor.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-remove-potential-backdoor.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b9a9e2ffe..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-remove-potential-backdoor.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-Remove code added by 'JiaT75', the malicious actor that backdoored `xz`:
-
-https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2101
-
-At libarchive, they are reviewing all code contributed by this actor:
-
-https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2103
-
-See the original disclosure and subsequent discussion for more
-information about this incident:
-
-https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2024/q1/268
-
-Patch copied from upstream source repository:
-
-https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2101/commits/e200fd8abfb4cf895a1cab4d89b67e6eefe83942
-
-From 6110e9c82d8ba830c3440f36b990483ceaaea52c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ed Maste <[email-masked]>
-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:02:06 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] tar: make error reporting more robust and use correct errno
- (#2101)
-
-As discussed in #1609.
----
- tar/read.c | 5 +++--
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/tar/read.c b/tar/read.c
-index af3d3f42..a7f14a07 100644
---- a/tar/read.c
-+++ b/tar/read.c
-@@ -371,8 +371,9 @@ read_archive(struct bsdtar *bsdtar, char mode, struct archive *writer)
- 			if (r != ARCHIVE_OK) {
- 				if (!bsdtar->verbose)
- 					safe_fprintf(stderr, "%s", archive_entry_pathname(entry));
--				fprintf(stderr, ": %s: ", archive_error_string(a));
--				fprintf(stderr, "%s", strerror(errno));
-+				safe_fprintf(stderr, ": %s: %s",
-+				    archive_error_string(a),
-+				    strerror(archive_errno(a)));
- 				if (!bsdtar->verbose)
- 					fprintf(stderr, "\n");
- 				bsdtar->return_value = 1;
--- 
-2.41.0
-
-- 
2.49.0