Hi, On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 06:28:01AM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > Nick Andrik [2013-06-26 1:11 +0200]: > > calibre already includes support for .cbr files but needs to find the > > libunrar.so in order to do so. > > This file is included in the libunrar0 binary package (which is > > obviously in non-free): > > http://packages.debian.org/sid/libunrar0 > > > > What I am suggesting is to remove all code in calibre that includes > > parts of the unrar (non-free) program (are there anyway?) but still > > leave the support for rar files if the external libunrar.so library is > > found. > > This method is dynamic linking, which should not be a problem > > license-wise, right? > > Ack, I wasn't aware that it is that clever! I'm happy to put back the > Suggests: then, I reopened the bug. > > > In any case, if you decide to include such a "Suggests: libunrar0" > > then please let me know and give me a bit of time to upload the newest > > unrar version which will probably include a rename of the binary > > libunrar0 (API changed) > > Sure, please go ahead. I'll prepare the latest calibre version in the > meantime in bzr. Please let me know when it's time for upload. > > Thanks!
Was this bug solved in 3.34.0+dfsg-1 via: * suggest python-unrardll for rar/cbr support (Closes: #733513) Cheers, Nicholas
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