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7-Zip 9.13 beta | Lempel-Zip-ENOENT 2010 (Announce)

posted by DOS386, 08.05.2010, 08:26

> 7-Zip 9.12 beta

9.13 beta is out (2010-04-15)

Changes: virtually nothing

I didn't test yet, but I tested the "other compressy thing"

> Latest news
> 04 April 2010
> added Lzip version 1.9 to Ports & builds page



There are many BUG's (see ^^^ shot):

1. It doesn't work - an attempt to compress "XXX.TAR" without any commandline parameters except the source name ends up in an ENOENT (1.) (not sure whether I possibly already had reported this type of BUG at some time, multiple times or even unreasonably many times in the past ...) Picked a thing called UI21DEB (2.) (no idea who had created it and why ...) and enabled the "X" hack (Why ??? WtF ...) ... hey, no ENOENT anymore, it seems to run (3.) ... but ...

2. ... not a single letter of information, no progress indicator (3.)

3. After silent exit, the compressed file seems to be there (and smaller !!!), but the source file is gone (4.) !!! This is a criminal BUG, considering the file was Read-Only (5.) (IIRC some DGJPP binary of BZIP2 had the very same bug when I tested such centuries ago, maybe there are even more ...)

N/A. Well, one can decompress the file back (compressed file gets kicked again, duplicate of BUG #3) ... and the output file is intact

4. Pushing CTL-C while compressing sometimes hangs

5. System requirements are not documented at all, I just tested in FreeDOS, it is undeterminable whether it is supposed to work or not (seems I even missed the infamous "Error: no DPMI get CWSDPMI"-BUG ...).

6. There are too many competing and incompatible LZMA-based attempts to replace GZIP/BZIP2: LZIP, XZ, original Igor's LZMA, new Igor's LZMA (???), original full 7-ZIP format, ...

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Complete thread:

• 7-Zip 9.12 beta - Rugxulo, 26.03.2010, 19:29 (Announce)
  • 7-Zip 9.13 beta | Lempel-Zip-ENOENT 2010 - DOS386, 08.05.2010, 08:26
    • 7-Zip 9.13 beta | Lempel-Zip-ENOENT 2010 - Rugxulo, 08.05.2010, 13:46
      • 7-Zip 9.13 beta | Lempel-Zip-ENOENT 2010 - Rugxulo, 08.05.2010, 15:31
      • 7-Zip 9.13 beta | Lempel-Zip-ENOENT 2010 - rr, 08.05.2010, 21:18
      • 7-Zip 9.13 beta | Lempel-Zip-ENOENT 2010 - DOS386, 09.05.2010, 10:17
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        • 7-Zip 9.14 beta and 9.15 beta (out 2010-06-20) - DOS386, 27.06.2010, 15:09
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            • 7-ZIP 9.16 beta out 2010-09-08 - DOS386, 08.09.2010, 19:58
              • 7-ZIP 9.17 beta out 2010-10-04 - DOS386, 13.10.2010, 04:24
                • 7-ZIP 9.17 beta out 2010-10-04 | BZIP2 - DOS386, 15.10.2010, 03:16
                  • 7-ZIP 9.19 beta out 2010-11-11 - DOS386, 17.11.2010, 04:34
                    • 7-ZIP 9.20 (non-beta) - 18 Nov. 2010 - Rugxulo, 19.11.2010, 19:24
                      • 7-ZIP 9.20 (non-beta) - 18 Nov. 2010 - roytam, 03.12.2014, 02:43
                        • 7-ZIP 9.20 (non-beta) - 18 Nov. 2010 - Rugxulo, 26.12.2014, 10:50
                          • 7-ZIP 9.36 beta 2014-Dec-26 - DOS386, 31.12.2014, 13:22
                            • 7-ZIP 9.38 beta 2015-Jan-03 - DOS386, 12.01.2015, 15:11
    • 7-Zip 9.13 beta | Lempel-Zip-ENOENT 2010 - rr, 08.05.2010, 21:24