Bug 197386

Summary:	app-arch/par2cmdline: rename the package to "parchive"
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED) <chrb>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Sven Wegener <swegener>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	kensington
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-10-29 09:46:12 UTC

According to #29874 this package was renamed to par2cmdline because it installs a binary with this name, but it doesn't (at least, not anymore). Upstream call it parchive, and it's also known as parchive on ubuntu, fedora etc. so for consistency it would be nice if Gentoo used the same name.

Comment 1 Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-10-29 09:50:37 UTC

Correction, on Ubuntu par2 is this app, and parchive is what gentoo calls par. Maybe it should've been named par1/par2 after the upstream branches after all..

Comment 2 Michael Palimaka (kensington) gentoo-dev

2009-04-14 19:05:17 UTC

It seems to me like `parchive' is the parent project name which produces a number of different par-related tools, including `par' and `par2cmdline'. These both exist in Portage and seem to fetch the correct source matching their name, so IMO no issue exists here.

Comment 3 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-01-15 16:44:21 UTC

Comment #2 seems the most correct one here