[MacPorts] #64002: Request to add a Port for the py-acefile Program
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#64002: Request to add a Port for the py-acefile Program
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Reporter: RobK88 | Owner: (none)
Type: request | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.7.1
Keywords: | Port: py-acefile
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I would like to request that Macports adds a port for py-acefile.
To my knowledge, acefile is the ONLY software available that can safely
unpack or decompress .ace version 1 and .ace version 2 archives.
The closed source unace binary provided by the original developer has a
major security vulnerability in it. And the developer is no longer
around. The pitfalls of closed source software!
For those of us who have old .ace archives around, py-acefile us the the
safe way to unpack or decompress them.
The website is:
https://www.roe.ch/acefile
the source can be downloaded from:
https://pypi.org/project/acefile/#files
Description ---
This single-file, pure python 3, no-dependencies implementation is
intended to be used as a library, but also provides a stand-alone unace
utility. As mostly pure-python implementation, it is significantly slower
than native implementations, but more robust against vulnerabilities.
I do not mind taking a crack at developing a portfile.
I have never created a portfile for a python binary. If one could point
me to a good template for a portfile for building python binary, that
would help me out a lot.
Other than declaring python 3 as a dependency in the portfile, does one
also need to declare pip-install as a dependency?
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/64002>
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