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Hello,
I just wanted to say that there is an easy workaround for this bug in 14.04 LTS.
See https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35371#c98
The resulting line in that file would be:
MimeType=application/x-java-archive;application/zip;
As Mahendra Tallur says here above, so important bugs should
@mahen:
> Out of curiosity, Is there a way to help put the focus on some bugs
like this that seem to be understood, have important consequences on
users, that could supposedly be worked around easily but which remain
unfixed ? Especially for LTS releases.
This would be the "onehundredpapercuts"
Hi ! Bug still affects the LTS users (Kubuntu 14.04 LTS with the KDE
backports PPA enabled). Can people using Kubuntu 15.10 confirm it was
fixed meanwhile ?
Result is that Windows users cannot read the archives sent to them.
Maybe it's too late to fix it anyway. for the current LTS.
Out of
This Bug is quite annoying, as you do not notice it. The Archive is correctly
generated and I can unpack it.
But when I send this file to others, they cannot unpack it!!
My System:
Kubuntu 14.10:
Qt: 4.8.6
KDE: 4.14.2
Ark: 2.19
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Should be
2) Download an older package - You could downloadinstall packages from
the Trusty: http://packages.ubuntu.com -
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=arksearchon=namessuite=allsection=all
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Bugs, which is
Workarounds:
1) Build the Ark without the Debian 'use_libarchive_for_zip_files'
patch.
or
2) Download an older package - You could downloadinstall packages from
the Trusty: http://packages.ubuntu.com -
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?ke...llsection=all
Kubuntu forums:
The 'use_libarchive_for_zip_files' is coming from the Debian:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=748198
The Utopic Ark has been merged with the Debian:
http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/a/ark/ark_4.14.1-0ubuntu1/changelog
:
ark (4:4.13.2-0ubuntu1) utopic;
How to replicate:
WRONG On Kubuntu 14.10
$ ark -v
Qt: 4.8.6
KDE Development Platform: 4.14.1
Ark: 2.19
$ touch oink
$ ark --changetofirstpath --add --autofilename zip oink
$ file oink.zip
oink.zip: gzip compressed data, last modified: Mon Nov 3 12:19:19 2014, from
Unix
RIGHT On Kubuntu 14.04
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