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libarchive - Multi-format archive and compression library ChangeLog

Web site:	https://libarchive.org/
Repository:	https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/

HOWTO

# libarchive 3.7.2 (2023-09-12)
# ================
# Slackware 14.0: libarchive 2.8.5
# Slackware 14.1: libarchive 3.1.2
# Slackware 14.2: libarchive 3.2.1
# Slackware 15.0: libarchive 3.5.2

# Prerequisites:
# zlib
# bz2
# b2
# glibc's iconv or libiconv
# lz4
# Zstandard/zstd
# lzma
# pkg-config
# libxml
# expat
# OpenSSL

# GitHub libarchive 3.7.2
# libarchive wiki
# GitHub issue tracker
# libarchive-announce mailing list

# Get the tarball
cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
test -f installed/libarchive-3.7.2.tar.xz &&
mv -f installed/libarchive-3.7.2.tar.xz .
test ! -f libarchive-3.7.2.tar.xz &&
wget https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/download/v3.7.2/\
libarchive-3.7.2.tar.xz

# Verify tarball w/ gpg:
( gpg --list-keys DB2C7CF1B4C265FAEF56E3FC5848A18B8F14184B 2>&1 ||
gpg --recv-keys DB2C7CF1B4C265FAEF56E3FC5848A18B8F14184B ) &&
wget -nc https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/download/v3.7.2/\
libarchive-3.7.2.tar.xz.asc &&
gpg --verify libarchive-3.7.2.tar.xz.asc &&
  rm libarchive-3.7.2.tar.xz.asc

# Extract the source
mkdir -p -m 0700 ~/src
cd ~/src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "libarchive-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xJvf ~/libarchive-3.7.2.tar.xz
cd libarchive-3.7.2
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .

# Configure the build for 64-bit
test $(uname -m) = 'x86_64' &&
./configure

# Configure the build for anything else
test $(uname -m) != 'x86_64' &&
./configure

# Build it
make

# Check the build
make check

# Become root to install it
su

# Remove the Slackware package, if there is one
test -x /sbin/removepkg && /sbin/removepkg libarchive

# Install it
make install
ldconfig

# Become your non-root user again
exit

# Save the source for later
cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/libarchive-*.tar.*
mv libarchive-3.7.2.tar.xz installed/

# If you ever want to uninstall libarchive, this should do it:
cd
su
test -d src/libarchive-* && ( cd src/libarchive-* ; make uninstall )
( cd /usr/bin
  rm -f bsdcat bsdcpio bsdtar bsdunzip )
find /usr/doc -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "libarchive-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
( cd /usr/include
  rm -f archive.h archive-entry.h )
( cd /usr/lib
  rm -f libarchive.* pkgconfig/libarchive.pc )
test -d /usr/lib64 &&
( cd /usr/lib64
   rm -f libarchive.* pkgconfig/libarchive.pc )
( cd /usr/man/man1
  rm -f bsdcat.1 bsdcpio.1 bsdtar.1 bsdunzip.1 )
( cd /usr/man/man3
  rm -f archive_*.3 libarchive.3 libarchive_changes.3 \
   libarchive_internals.3 )
( cd /usr/man/man5
  rm -f cpio.5 libarchive-formats.5 mtree.5 tar.5 )
ldconfig
exit
find ~/src -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "libarchive-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
rm -f ~/installed/libarchive-*.tar.*