Sunday, September 13, 2026

Re: NEW: archivers/7zip

On 2026-09-13 19:57:14, George Koehler wrote: > I changed my port to build the separate 7za and 7zr, > but not 7zz. It neither builds 7zz nor links 7zz to 7z. > > For OpenBSD, I want 7zip to replace p7zip (which had 7z 7za 7zr), so > 7zip must have 7z 7za 7zr. That's great! and what I had hoped for. > I care less whether 7za is a link or the > separately built 7za; the difference is that the separate 7za knows > fewer formats: "7z l /bin/sh" lists ELF sections but a separate > "7za l /bin/sh" can't open it. Yes 7za and 7zr have reduced features, reduced size, no separate modules. That's what makes these great for recovery, backup file sets for example. 7z is the main program and what's used by far the most. You have my thumbs up, not that you ever needed it. Thank you for bringing the real 7-Zip to OpenBSD.

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