Support for xz archives? (Found in recent debian archives)

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  • chrestomanci
    Enthusiast
    • Jan 2008
    • 49

    Support for xz archives? (Found in recent debian archives)

    Hello

    Could you add support for xz archives?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xz

    I am starting to come across them inside .deb archive files, as the default format for the internal data archive of files was changed to that format (from bzip2) late last year.

    As Beyond Compare does not support the new archive format it looks as if the overall .deb archive support has regressed, when it has not.
  • Aaron
    Team Scooter
    • Oct 2007
    • 15938

    #2
    Hello,

    Thanks for the report. Do you have an example .deb file we would download and test against? We just recently updated our archive handling in the BC4 beta.
    Aaron P Scooter Software

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    • Aaron
      Team Scooter
      • Oct 2007
      • 15938

      #3
      Actually, I was able to generate one with 7zip on Windows and talked with our developer. Unfortunately, this archive format is out of scope for now given our current archive libraries. We won't be able to implement it soon.
      Aaron P Scooter Software

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      • jackting
        Journeyman
        • Dec 2007
        • 16

        #4
        The 7zip dll file (7z.dll) do support XZ file format since version 9.04 (from history.txt of 7-zip)
        Also wikipedia said it's stable since 9.20

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        • Aaron
          Team Scooter
          • Oct 2007
          • 15938

          #5
          Hello,

          This issue we currently have is due to a compiler/middle-man problem between the library and BC4. It's actually something we're working on addressing recently. We may well be able to get this in after all, but not until we make a larger change-over. Potentially a 4.1.x release.
          Aaron P Scooter Software

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          • Chris
            Team Scooter
            • Oct 2007
            • 5526

            #6
            Beyond Compare 4.1 beta is now available with .xz archive support.

            Beta download page: http://www.scootersoftware.com/beta
            Chris K Scooter Software

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