[haiku-development] Re: 7zip

  • From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:23:37 +0200 CEST

> "Dustin Howett" <alaricx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > That could be changed, couldn't it? Depending on how they're stored
> > in zip.
> > Other archives could have a metadata file or files for attributes.
> > That is a little hackish, though.
>
> Well, that depends on if the format can support attributes a bit
> nicer,
> as ZIP does :-)
> But better "a little hackish" than not at all, I guess.

Actually zip currently uses a specific extension which isn't picked up
by other platforms, so it has the same issue when unzipping on a linux
which could maintain xattrs.

François.

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