Package: p7zip
Version: 4.43~dfsg.1-1
Severity: normal
Manual page reads:
DESCRIPTION
7-Zip is a file archiver with the highest compression
ratio. The program supports 7z (that implements LZMA
compression algorithm), ZIP, CAB, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO,
RPM and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is
30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.
7zr is a stand-alone executable. 7zr handles less archive
formats than 7z, but does not need any others. 7zr is a
"light-version" of 7za that only handles 7z archives.
Q: isn't p7zip package only proviring 7zr(1) executable which
only is able to hanle 7z format?
If so, then the description string is confusing. The last paragraph
refers to "handles less archive formats"
- What are these formats exactly if more that 7z is supported?
The first pragraph taks about "The program supports...", but the p7zip
package only contains 7zr(1) archiver. "The program" is misleading in
this context.
SUGGESTION FOR IMPROVED WORDING
DESCRIPTION
7zr is a stand-alone executable derived from the full 7-zip
archiver 7za. 7zr is a "light-version" of 7za that only
handles 7z archives.
The full 7-Zip archiver supports archive formats: 7z (that
implements LZMA compression algorithm), ZIP, CAB, ARJ, GZIP,
BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB. Compression ratio in the new 7z
format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Versions of packages p7zip depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-21 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-21 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Versions of packages p7zip recommends:
ii p7zip-full 4.43~dfsg.1-1 7-Zip is a file archiver with high
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