Page MenuHomeSolus
Create Task
Maniphest T1734

hfsprogs
Closed, WontfixPublic
Actions

Description

Please make hfsprogs available in the repos.

Name: hfsprogs
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hfsprogs
Is it Open Source: yes
Link to source tarball/zip file: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/hfsprogs_332.25.orig.tar.gz

Related Objects

Duplicates Merged Here
T6005: hfsprogs package!

Event Timeline

dsanchez created this task.Nov 24 2016, 10:38 PM
DataDrake closed this task as Wontfix.Nov 28 2016, 3:29 AM
DataDrake claimed this task.
DataDrake added a subscriber: DataDrake.

This hasn't seen an update since 2013.

dsanchez added a comment.Dec 1 2016, 11:47 PM

Does that make the software worse? I mean, the protocol is old, why should there be an update? Ubuntu includes this, and I don't see any problem per se having older *working* code in a repository.

TheMarketAnarchist added a subscriber: TheMarketAnarchist.Dec 3 2016, 12:37 AM

I'm not sure why Solus doesn't include older software... my guess is for security. Personally I think they should include older software but add a warning to it when installing!

DataDrake merged a task: T6005: hfsprogs package!.Mar 11 2018, 6:45 PM
DataDrake added a subscriber: SiaNariman.
moriel5 added a subscriber: moriel5.Sep 24 2020, 3:09 AM

An update on this.

The OP source is not used by most distros.
According to the AUR and Fedora Package Sources, there is a fork meant for GNU/Linux, since Apple's upstream sources require libraries and headers that are not present on GNU/Linux.

The AUR package relies on Fedora's builds, which in turn relies on Gentoo patches to package hfsprogs.

Copyright © 2015-2021 Solus Project. The Solus logo is Copyright © 2016-2021 Solus Project. All Rights Reserved.