[arch-dev-public] [signoff] libarchive 2.8.5-1

Dave Reisner d at falconindy.com
Tue Sep 6 14:42:46 EDT 2011


On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 01:20:23PM -0500, Dan McGee wrote:
> Upstream maint release, changes below. Please sign off.
> 
> -Dan
> 
> 
> Libarchive 2.8.5 is the latest release in the libarchive 2.8 branch.
> 
> This includes a number of bug fixes since the previous release and is
> the best version of libarchive, bsdtar, and bsdcpio for general
> production use.  All users of previous versions are encouraged to
> upgrade.
> 
> Specific fixes since libarchive 2.8.4:
>    * Now reads ISO images created by NetBSD makefs and other tools.
>    * Relax an lzma compression test to remove false negatives.
>    * Better handling of open failures and interrupted writes.
>    * Corrected compile warnings on various platforms.
> 
> Any problems with libarchive should be reported to the bug tracker at
> http://libarchive.googlecode.com/

pacman still works, signoff both.

dave


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