Xarchiver Changelog

What's new in Xarchiver 0.5.4

Sep 30, 2014
  • Closed a lot of bugs thanks to the work of Frederick Guerin.

New in Xarchiver 0.5.3 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Full RAR5 support
  • Full XZ, TAR.XZ support
  • Full Test/Verify support
  • check-for-password-protected-files-on-double-click
  • default-archive-format
  • drag-n-drop_escaped_path
  • fix_7z_support
  • fix-segfault-non-existent-archive-cmdl-switch-x
  • rpm2cpio
  • segfault-open-with
  • mimetype
  • fix-icon-update
  • fix-multiextract
  • fix-unrar-can-add

New in Xarchiver 0.5.2 (Nov 12, 2008)

  • Allow bzip2/lzop/gzip/lzma compressed files to be created through drag and drop.
  • Fixed seg-fault when drag and drop to the sidebar.
  • Fixed double entries display when adding to tar only archives.
  • Changed suffix for tar.lzop to tar.lzo.
  • Changed lzop suffix to lzo.
  • Made the Options tab in the add dialog to be grayed out when using file compressors like bzip2 and gzip.
  • Fixed fixed size of the iconview in the pref dialog.
  • Fixed reset of the temp directory to use back to /tmp.
  • Fixed bug when adding to rar archives with password.
  • Made the password field to work when extracting with the -e switch a password protected archive.
  • Fixed bug when adding with the thunar archive plugin.
  • Fixed missed deletion of files with tar.lzop compressed archives.
  • Enabled password field in the extract dialog when using the -e switch.
  • Fixed disabled buttons after creating a new archive.

New in Xarchiver 0.5.1 (Nov 7, 2008)

  • Added support to lzop.
  • ixed bug when adding with tar.
  • Updated turkish translation.

New in Xarchiver 0.5.0 (Nov 6, 2008)

  • This is the changelog showing the changes occurring from 0.5.0rc1 to 0.5.0 stable:
  • Greek translation update for xarchiver
  • Fixed mv boring error when the same files are extracted pathless.
  • Fixed inability to extract to a path containing spaces.
  • Fixed GUI issues and seg-fault with the progress bar window.
  • Updated ukranian translation.
  • Fixed "file not found error" when extracting an archive which path is not absolute.
  • Translation updates and additions - de es ku tr
  • Fixed bug #4546.
  • Fixed bug #4535.
  • Update Finnish translations.
  • Updated documentation.
  • Updated swedish translation.
  • Updated documentation.
  • Updated en_GB translation.
  • Fixed problem when adding files with copy and paste in archive directories.
  • Fixed crash when deleting a child directory and then going back with the navigations arrows.
  • Removed an unused variable in deb.c.
  • Translations updates for ja and nb_NO
  • Updated documentation for reflecting the changes in the 0.5 release.
  • Fixed Multi-Extract dialog to accept file which are not archives.
  • Fixed uncorrect archive tree display in the sidebar when cut & paste.
  • Fixed tar extraction problem when the file is in the archive root directory.
  • Fixed seg-fault in bzip2.c when opening archives without path.
  • Restored single extraction from RPM packages.
  • Translations updates and additions HUGE
  • Xarchiver Basque translation update
  • Updated hungarian translation
  • Fixed bug in deb.c causing wrong filename when the number of the day of data.tar.gz is less than 10.
  • Fixed bug in deb.c and lha.c causing incorrect uncompressed size.
  • Fixed regression when adding files to the archive.
  • Restored "File not found" message when opening a not existing files.
  • Changed strtoll to g_ascii_strtoull for avoiding crashes on 64 bit platforms. Thanks to Bernhard Fröhlich for pointing it out.
  • Fixed bug causing the directory only to remain inside zip archives when deleting a directory.
  • Fixed another tar error when using FreeBSD, thanks to Bernhard Fröhlich for testing Xarchiver with FreeBSD.
  • Fixed inability to extract files from tar-compressed archives without path.
  • Fixed inability to extract files in the directory when selecting or dragging it.
  • Fixed tar error when opening files from tar-compressed archives under FreeBSD.
  • Fixed issues when deleting the temp dir whith the cmd-line switches.
  • Fixed inability to extract directories in the archive with drag and drop.
  • Symbolic links stored in lha archives are now displayed correctly.
  • Fixed inability to add files in archive directory through the sidepane with drag and drop.
  • Fixed crash when dropping for the second time an icon in the sidepane and the row expands.

New in Xarchiver 0.5.0 RC1 (Oct 22, 2008)

  • Bugfixes and enhancements were made.

New in Xarchiver 0.5.0 Beta 2 (Oct 6, 2008)

  • Fixed inability to open files from the archive when they are inside subdirectories.
  • Paste option in context menu is disabled when right clicking in the same archive.
  • Fixed gui freeze when pasting files from encrypted archives.
  • Fixed extraction and view of a bzip2 compressed file.
  • Removed functions xa_archive_operation_finished() and xa_check_child_for_error_on_exit().
  • Fixed missed extraction with gzip and bzip2 compressed files.
  • Made the open-with-dialog to use the custom command.
  • Reverted extract dialog to the one used in the release 0.4.6.
  • Added a sexy-icon in the entry widgets of the extract and multi-extract dialogs.
  • Fixed gui freeze with "Open with" dialog when reading desktop files with wrong encoding.
  • Fixed seg fault with switch -d from cmd-line.
  • Fixed "file not found error" when deleting everything from arj archives.
  • Modified xa_recurse_local_directory() in string_utils.c to avoid bad behaviour with arj archiver (what a mess...)
  • Fixed seg-fault when archive->working_dir is NULL in string_utils.c.
  • Fixed inability to view files from tar and tar compressed archives.
  • Fixed behaviour with the up and left arrow buttons.
  • Get rid of some unused functions in archive.c.
  • Made the "Allow subdirs with drag and drop" option to work.
  • Avoid returning an allocated string in xa_strip_current_working_dir_from_path() in string_utils.c.
  • Added a further option in the pref dialog in the Advanced option.
  • Fixed bug #4324 and bug #1721416 on sourceforge bug tracking page.
  • Get rid of useless code in tar.c.
  • Fixed extraction in tar.c.

New in Xarchiver 0.4.6 (Oct 6, 2008)

  • Fixed code in support.c to load the images when installing the software.
  • Renamed png icons to make them freedesktop compliant.