* Zed Pobre [Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:55:50 -0600]:
> In my particular case, however, it's mostly moot, as xmms-modplug
> doesn't create rar files. I attempted at one point to use the free
> unrar instead of rar to get it to work, and discovered to my dismay
> that the free unrar isn't command-line compatible with rar, and
> doesn't open modern rar files. I decided at the time that the free
> unrar was basically not ready for use, and abandoned any further
> attempts to use it. This situation does not appear to have changed,
> and I am closing the bug. At such time that the free unrar actually
> does serve as a drop-in replacement for reading rar files, feel free
> to file a new bug report, but as it stands, I am refusing to cripple
> the package's ability to deal with a non-free format just because it's
> non-free. I suspect that this reasoning will extend to every other
> package that uses rar just for reading.
Then you could just suggest 'unrar', which comes from the
'unrar-nonfree' source package.
(Note that for a brief period of time, the 'unrar' binary package was,
as you mention, the free one, which couldn't open most files. That was
reverted, and I don't think the 'unrar' binary will be pointing to the
free one again unless it gains support for all rar files.)
Cheers,
--
Adeodato Simó dato at net.com.org.es
Debian Developer adeodato at debian.org
Listening to: Manzanita - Sobreviviré
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
