ports/57318: Wrong description in archivers/lha/Makefile

IIJIMA Hiromitsu delmonta at ht.sakura.ne.jp
Sun Sep 28 16:00:35 UTC 2003


>Number:         57318
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Wrong description in archivers/lha/Makefile
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Sep 28 09:00:31 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     IIJIMA Hiromitsu
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p3 i386
>Organization:
DENNOU GEDOU GAKKAI, N. D. D. http://www.dennougedougakkai-ndd.org
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD sodans.usata.org 4.7-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p3 #0: Wed Jan 22 14:50:19 JST 2003 root at www.my.domain:/usr/src/sys/compile/RENTALv6 i386

Userland is upgraded to -p16, while the kernel is still -p3.

>Description:
	ports/archivers/lha/Makefile says 'Archive files using LZW
	compression', but it is incorrect. LHa uses LZSS (a descendant of LZ77)
	and Huffman codings, and never uses LZW which is patented by Unisys.
	Calling it as 'LZW compression' WILL cause confusion among people,
	so it should be corrected.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Make a Google search to confirm which algorithms LHa uses.

>Fix:
	Change the comment to, for example:
		Manipulates .lzh archives used by Japanese DOS/Windows
		community, Amiga, and so on.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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