From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17663: 24.4.50; arc-mode.el has unrar-free hard-coded Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:56:47 +0300 Message-ID: <83fv1wau3k.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87ppirel6l.fsf@deyke2.deyke.net> <878u7o9v7d.fsf@petton.fr> <83io6sb4aw.fsf@gnu.org> <871tdg9knm.fsf@petton.fr> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443682787 24451 80.91.229.3 (1 Oct 2015 06:59:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 06:59:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17663@debbugs.gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Nicolas Petton Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 01 08:59:37 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhXq2-0003Wz-AT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 08:59:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39131 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhXq1-0006Fo-QC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 02:59:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52714) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhHsc-0001lm-Lt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:57:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhHsV-0001Yn-Qv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:57:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:60436) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhHsV-0001YB-NL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:57:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhHsV-0004h7-8e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:57:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17663 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17663-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17663.144362141418039 (code B ref 17663); Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17663) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Sep 2015 13:56:54 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49407 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhHsM-0004gt-A7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:56:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:41625) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhHsJ-0004gn-S1 for 17663@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:56:53 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NVH00M00TA5NH00@mtaout28.012.net.il> for 17663@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:56:26 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NVH009QYTE2E670@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:56:26 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <871tdg9knm.fsf@petton.fr> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:107100 Archived-At: > From: Nicolas Petton > Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, 17663@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:06:05 +0200 > > > Given the troubled history of the Free Software programs available to > > access RAR archives, and its various format versions, I'd prefer that > > we had more than one solution for RAR. Having just one hard-coded > > program sounds like a near-term maintenance headache. Other > > possibilities include unrar-free, GNA's unrar, and bsdtar from > > libarchive. I think we should make this more future-proof. Nicolas, > > would you like to work on that? > > Would adding support for (GNA) unrar be enough for you? > If so, I'll gladly add it. Sure, please do, and thanks.