On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Matt Taggart wrote: >> Hi Manny, >> You aren't doing anything wrong. These windows file types are a problem for >> us because extractors that handle them, like 7-zip, only extract these types >> on windows. > > Actually p7zip support was added in SVN 2613 but I don't think anyone has > tested it. I think someone could probably add a test case for it. > > Manny, > > FOSSology should be scanning all files at least as binaries. > Are you saying these files are "containers" that should have been unpacked > and weren't? If that's the case, do you have some examples of the files > that you'd be willing to share so we can investigate further?
p7zip does not unpack .msi, .exe, ... archives. 7zip does on windows, p7zip (posix 7zip) does not. Manny isn't the first one to request this. We just don't have a solution. Yes, the issue is containers, not scanning the binary text. Bob _______________________________________________ fossology mailing list fossology@fossology.org http://fossology.org/mailman/listinfo/fossology
