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unp - suggests non-free packages unace unrar unarj, and treats missing tool as errors
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Reference: https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/715

Package unp suggests nonfree packages unace, unrar and unarj. If not installed, attempting to open corresponding archives is treated as errors

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We might consider leaving arj, but remove "Suggests: unrar | unrar-free"

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mladen created this task.May 18 2017, 02:35
zlatan.todoric added a comment.May 20 2017, 06:16

@mladen.pejakovic apt show only shows unrar in suggests. Is this in app recommendation, if so, screenshot please :)

mladen added a comment.May 20 2017, 06:21
mladen@pureos:/home/mladen/Downloads# unp ojsa.rar 
Error, following packages must be installed in order to proceed:
rar or unrar or unrar-free
zlatan.todoric closed this task as Resolved.May 21 2017, 12:21

Fixed.

mak lowered the priority of this task from 95 to Freedom Issue.Aug 18 2017, 22:09
jonas.smedegaard renamed this task from [FREEDOM ISSUE] unp to [FREEDOM ISSUE] unp - suggests non-free packages unace unrar unarj, and treats missing tool as errors.Oct 21 2017, 06:18
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jonas.smedegaard renamed this task from [FREEDOM ISSUE] unp - suggests non-free packages unace unrar unarj, and treats missing tool as errors to unp - suggests non-free packages unace unrar unarj, and treats missing tool as errors.Oct 24 2017, 07:47
jonas.smedegaard edited projects, added Freedom-harm: suggests nonfree package; removed Freedom.
jonas.smedegaard removed a parent task: T226: nil.
jonas.smedegaard removed a project: Freedom-harm: suggests nonfree package.Mar 8 2021, 11:48

unp does not suggest a non-free package, only a non-existent one.

jonas.smedegaard reopened this task as Open.Mar 8 2021, 11:49
jonas.smedegaard closed this task as Invalid.Mar 15 2021, 08:53

as previously noted, this is a non-issue: no non-free package is suggested because the suggested package is not registered in apt so it is neither free nor non-free, it is instead nonexistent.