Re: [RFC] pack/unpack: generic archive creation and extraction utilities

* Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez <[email protected]> [260813 16:45]:
>I realize an optional libarchive dependency may itself be an important
>consideration, so feedback on whether that would be a fundamental
>obstacle would also be very welcome.
>
>Before attempting to adapt anything to util-linux conventions or
>preparing patches, I'd like to know whether commands with this scope
>are something the project would consider in principle.

Purely with my Debian hat on: please put this either into libarchive 
or just a new tool. Adding a dependency from util-linux to 
libarchive is (from my PoV) not a great idea, especially when the 
tools can easily live in another place.

IIRC libarchive's "tar" can already unpack zips and so on...

Best,
Chris