p7zip-9.04-10 packaging

Charles Wilson cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm
Thu Oct 14 12:51:00 GMT 2010


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.

--
Chuck





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