Use 'unar' rather than 'unrar' to extract RAR files

Bug #965757 reported by snd
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
File Roller
Fix Released
Medium
file-roller (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

unrar is a non-free package, so i suggest to provide support of a free package with good unrar support, like the unarchiver package (unar).

homepage: http://unarchiver.c3.cx/
ubuntu unar package: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unar

Tags: gnome
snd (dns)
summary: - Provide unar (free unarchiver) support
+ Provide unar (better free rar) support
snd (dns)
summary: - Provide unar (better free rar) support
+ Use 'unar' rather than 'unrar' to extract RAR files
description: updated
Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Changed in file-roller:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
Changed in file-roller:
status: New → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

upstream wrote

"The support for the unarchiver utility has been added in the current
development version. This feature will be available in the next major release
(version 3.6)."

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package file-roller - 3.6.3-1ubuntu1

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file-roller (3.6.3-1ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian experimental. Remaining changes:
    - Drop the scrollkeeper build-depends
    - Use the Ubuntu epoch number for the nautilus depends
    - Depend on zip and unzip instead of p7zip which is in universe
    - Recommend sessioninstaller
  * Drop genisoimage dependency (supported through libarchive).

file-roller (3.6.3-1) experimental; urgency=low

  [ Benjamin Drung ]
  * Team upload.
  * New upstream release.
  * Drop 11_search_as_you_type.patch (fixed upstream).
  * Replace build-depends on gnome-doc-utils with yelp-tools.
  * Build-Depends on libarchive-dev and libnotify-dev.
  * Recommend unar instead of non-free unrar | p7zip-rar (Closes: #620650,
    LP: #965757, #1025588).
  * Build depend on libjson-glib-dev (needed for unar support).
  * Drop suggesting binutils (for ar) and cpio. libarchive is used instead.
  * Document support for .cab and .xar (through libarchive).
  * debian/patches/git_handle_cab.patch: List vnd.ms-cab-compressed as
    supported type, thanks Mantas Kriaučiūnas (LP: #1064377)

  [ Jeremy Bicha ]
  * debian/control.in:
    - Drop scrollkeeper build-depends
    - Recommend yelp
 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:17:54 +0100

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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