When I try to open a .rar file with mc, it says "/usr/bin/unrar: invalid option -- c" Can be an old unresolved bug? See this from debian http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa-packages/2006/04/msg00271.html Can be fixed if using the debian version, that provides options compatibility with the non-free version? http://packages.debian.org/sid/unrar-free The problem seems to be that the old versions lacked options compatibility with the closed-source version. Newer versions (not know if because Debian maintainer patched or from repository) are option-compatible. Maybe it could be better to do a package with the latest CVS/SVN version at patch it if necessary. https://gna.org/projects/unrar/
Calling something 'very outdated' when it's the *only* released version doesn't make any sense. http://download.gna.org/unrar/
It makes a lot of sense, since the latest "released" version is from 2004! The updated version is on the CVS, even Gentoo uses a CVS version plus their own patches.
Another alternative could be delete unrar-gpl and use p7zip instead as alternative. The problem is the configuration files of mc. "7z x file.rar" can uncompress RAR files without problems.
The 7z-unrar-code is the same nonfree that unrar itself uses. If someone could point me to a cvs/svn-location, I'd be happy to update to a snap. gna.org has an svn-repo, but it's just empty.
Use the CVS instead. It's weird, but both appears on the menu (not on other sections). https://gna.org/cvs/?group=unrar http://cvs.gna.org/cvsweb/unrar/?cvsroot=unrar
Bumped to latest cvs, hope this fixes all issues.
I tested it, it works correctly with apps like Midnight Commander. This version provides commandline compatibility with the original propietary version.
