Re: long-broken packages (some are removal candidates)

[Ryo ONODERA <ryo_on%yk.rim.or.jp@localhost>]

Hi,

From: Aleksej Saushev <asau%inbox.ru@localhost>, Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 
08:52:18 +0400

> David Holland <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
> 
>> On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 01:21:40PM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
>>  > I remember many of these packages from previous lists of yours. Could
>>  > you please make a list of packages that have been broken for a year
>>  > now, with the aim of removing them if noone speaks up for them
>>  > (promising to fix them)?
>>
>> I don't have accurate data and I don't think spending time wading
>> through the pkgsrc-bulk archives is all that worthwhile, as the
>> exact details aren't that important.
>>
>> Here's a list of packages that might be considered based on what
>> appears regularly in failure lists. I've excluded some that break
>> regularly and get fixed, some that have been worked on but remain
>> broken, etc. 
>>
>> Some of them probably shouldn't be removed; others could be if nobody
>> speaks up.
>>
>>    ------
>>
>> archivers/rar
>> misc/root
> 
> These two should be just updated.

compat_linux version of rar-4.1.1 is here.
http://ryo-on.users.sourceforge.net/distrib/archivers-rar-4.1.1.tar.gz

I have tested on NetBSD/i386 6.99.4 and it works.
amd64 is not tested, but it will work.

If noone have objection, I will update rar to 4.1.1.

Thank you.

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