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Re: p7zip-9.04-10 packaging
- From: Charles Wilson <cygwin at cwilson dot fastmail dot fm>
- To: Mailing List: CygWin-Apps <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:50:50 -0400
- Subject: Re: p7zip-9.04-10 packaging
- References: <387070.48982.qm@web25508.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
On 10/14/2010 6:16 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> so we have a DLL called 7z.so
> that seems not used
It is dynamically loaded by 7z.exe:
7z uses plugins (7z.so and Codecs/Rar29.so) to handle archives.
7za is a stand-alone executable.
7za handles less archive formats than 7z.exe.
7zr is a light stand-alone executable that supports only 7z/LZMA/BCJ/BCJ2.
So, yes, it is expected.
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Chuck