[MacPorts] #51676: rpm54 @5.4.15 should move away from using xar-devel

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#51676: rpm54 @5.4.15 should move away from using xar-devel
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  Reporter:  aszostak@…   |      Owner:  n3npq@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:  rpm54        |
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Comment (by afb@…):

 It is "illegal" to use system libraries in MacPorts, so that would
 probably mean packaging http://opensource.apple.com/source/xar/ as a port.
 But since noone is using the xar format anyway, might as well stick with
 the old rpm format ? Especially if the xar project has died (even more).

 Then again the "alive" project also failed to release 1.6.0 (thus the use
 of "xar-devel"), so there's not *that* much difference from Google Code.
 It has already been removed from Debian, for failing to maintain and
 secure itself: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=574023

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