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We always had official posix 7zip (aka p7zip)[1] support for linux, is this a different version or a new release? Edit: read the description, so it is a differ

• gruez 6y ago
  it's by a different author. In the site that you linked: >p7zip is the command line version of 7-Zip for Linux / Unix, made by an independent developer. In the link for this post: >It's first version of my port of 7-Zip to Linux. >That port of 7-Zip is similar to p7zip, but it's not identical to p7zip.
  • augusto-moura 6y ago
    Yeah, commented before fully reading the description
• AdmiralAsshat 6y ago
  > And developer of p7zip port didn't show any activity last 4-5 years. I guess that would be why. I, too, assumed we had an actively maintained Linux port, but if the maintainer isn't doing much these days, a version closer to upstream would be great. The 7zip author by his own admission does not use Linux, though, so I'd be curious if p7zip might actually be more performant on Linux.
  • wnoise 6y ago
    > the maintainer isn't doing much these days, Is there much to do?
    • kasabali 6y ago
      It works but it's fork of 5yo code base and upstream had several releases in the meantime
• kumarsw 6y ago
  Does this fix the issue of 7zip not supporting unix file permissions? I recall that was the main issue everyone hated the 7zip linux port.
  • LinuxBender 6y ago
    I don't know the answer to your question, just adding that you can work around that by using tar to preserve ownership, permissions, extended attributes, selinux contexts, then use 7zip on that tar file. This can all be done in pipes in one command line.
    • chungy 6y ago
      At that point, you might as well just use xz and skip 7z