From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 8968@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8968: arc-mode 7z writing support
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:38:17 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tyaw8vqb.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvd3hkvs5j.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:06:39 -0400")
>> So by supporting only 7z, let alone making that the default, Emacs is
>> in fact preferring a non-free software program to a free one. We have
>
> Oh, I didn't realize 7z was non-Free. We need to fix that, then.
AFAIU, 7z as a program is Free Software on GNU/Linux systems.
However, some packages can process formats of non-Free archives.
I see the following Debian packages:
* p7zip-rar.deb - non-free rar module for p7zip
p7zip-rar provides a module for p7zip-full to make 7z able to
extract RAR files.
* p7zip-full.deb provides:
- 7za - a standalone version of the 7-zip tool that handles 7z archives
and other free compression formats.
- 7z - handles 7z and other free compression formats.
* p7zip.deb provides:
- 7zr - a standalone minimal version that only handles 7z archives.
- p7zip - a gzip like wrapper around 7zr.
There is some confusion: the same name `p7zip' is used for the package
and for the program, and the same name `7z' is used for the package,
for the program and for the format name.
The program `p7zip' (a gzip like wrapper) is not suitable for using in
arc-mode.el on GNU/Linux. That's why I omitted it from searching for
available programs. On GNU/Linux it will find the wrong program.
But I don't know the situation on cygwin.
The package `p7zip-full' uses the Free Software subset of the algorithms
supported by 7z. It contains Free Software that has program names `7z',
`7za'. So it seems correct to use `7z' for search a program to handle
zip archives.
The difference between programs `7z' and `7za' is not essential:
one of them is just a standalone version of another.
p7zip-rar.deb is a separate non-free module for rar archives.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-08 18:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-30 21:47 bug#8968: arc-mode 7z writing support Juri Linkov
2011-07-01 2:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-04 22:22 ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-08 0:09 ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-08 7:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-08 13:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-08 18:38 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2011-07-08 19:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-08 20:20 ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-09 6:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-09 11:34 ` Jason Rumney
2011-07-09 13:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-09 11:26 ` Jason Rumney
2011-07-08 15:56 ` Jason Rumney
2011-07-08 18:39 ` Juri Linkov
2011-07-08 19:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-09 11:20 ` Jason Rumney
2011-07-09 22:27 ` Juri Linkov
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