LIBARCHIVE_CHANGES(3) manual page 

== NAME == 

'''libarchive_changes''' 

- changes in libarchive interface 

== CHANGES IN LIBARCHIVE 3 == 

This page describes user-visible changes in libarchive3, and lists 

public functions and other symbols changed, deprecated or removed 

in libarchive3, along with their replacements if any. 

=== Multiple Filters=== 

Libarchive2 permitted a single (input or output) filter active 

on an archive. 

Libarchive3 extends this into a variable-length stack. 

Where 

'''archive_write_set_compression_XXX'''() 

would replace any existing filter, 

'''archive_write_add_filter_XXX'''() 

extends the write pipeline with another filter. 

=== Character Set Handling=== 

Libarchive2 assumed that the local platform uses 

'''Unicode''' 

as the native 

'''wchar_t''' 

encoding, which is true on 

'''Windows ,''' 

modern 

'''Linux ,''' 

and a few other systems, but is certainly not universal. 

As a result, pax format archives were written incorrectly on some 

systems, since pax format requires 

'''UTF-8''' 

and libarchive 2 incorrectly 

assumed that 

'''wchar_t''' 

strings can be easily converted to 

'''UTF-8 .''' 

Libarchive3 uses the standard iconv library to convert between character 

sets and is introducing the notion of a 

"default character set for the archive". 

To support this, 

'''archive_entry''' 

objects can now be bound to a particular archive when they are created. 

The automatic character set conversions performed by 

'''archive_entry''' 

objects when reading and writing filenames, usernames, and other strings 

will now use an appropriate default character set: 

If the 

'''archive_entry''' 

object is bound to an archive, it will use the 

default character set for that archive. 

The platform default character encoding (as returned by 

'''nl_langinfo'''(''CHARSET'', '')'') 

will be used if nothing else is specified. 

Libarchive3 also introduces charset options to many of the archive 

readers and writers to control the character set that will be used for 

filenames written in those archives. 

When possible, this will be set automatically based on information in 

the archive itself. 

Combining this with the notion of a default character set for the 

archive should allow you to configure libarchive to read archives from 

other platforms and have the filenames and other information 

transparently converted to the character encoding suitable for your 

application. 

=== Prototype Changes=== 

These changes break binary compatibility; libarchive3 has a new shared 

library version to reflect these changes. 

The library now uses portable wide types such as 

'''int64_t''' 

instead of less-portable types such as 

'''off_t ,''' 

'''gid_t ,''' 

'''uid_t ,''' 

and 

'''ino_t .''' 

There are a few cases where these changes will affect your source code: 

In some cases, libarchive's wider types will introduce the possibility 

of truncation: for example, on a system with a 16-bit 

'''uid_t , you risk having uid''' 

```text

65536 

```

be truncated to uid 

```text

0, 

```

which can cause serious security problems. 

Typedef function pointer types will be incompatible. 

For example, if you define custom skip callbacks, you may have to use 

code similar to the following if you want to support building against 

libarchive2 and libarchive3: 

```text

#if ARCHIVE_VERSION_NUMBER < 3000000

typedef off_t myoff_t;

#else

typedef int64_t myoff_t;

#endif

myoff_t

my_skip_function(struct archive *a, void *v, myoff_t o)

{

    ... implementation ...

}

```

Affected functions: 

'''archive_entry_gid'''(), 

'''archive_entry_set_gid'''() 

'''archive_entry_uid'''(), 

'''archive_entry_set_uid'''() 

'''archive_entry_ino'''(), 

'''archive_entry_set_ino'''() 

'''archive_read_data_block'''(), 

'''archive_write_data_block'''() 

'''archive_read_disk_gname'''(), 

'''archive_read_disk_uname'''() 

'''archive_read_disk_set_gname_lookup'''(), 

'''archive_read_disk_set_group_lookup'''(), 

'''archive_read_disk_set_uname_lookup'''(), 

'''archive_read_disk_set_user_lookup'''() 

'''archive_skip_callback'''() 

'''archive_read_extract_set_skip_file'''(), 

'''archive_write_disk_set_skip_file'''(), 

'''archive_write_set_skip_file'''() 

'''archive_write_disk_set_group_lookup'''(), 

'''archive_write_disk_set_user_lookup'''() 

Where these functions or their arguments took or returned 

'''gid_t ,''' 

'''ino_t ,''' 

'''off_t ,''' 

or 

'''uid_t''' 

they now take or return 

'''int64_t''' 

or equivalent. 

=== Deprecated Symbols=== 

Symbols deprecated in libarchive3 will be removed in libarchive4. 

These symbols, along with their replacements if any, are listed below: 

'''archive_position_compressed'''(), '''archive_position_uncompressed'''()
 

'''archive_filter_bytes'''() 

'''archive_compression'''()
 

'''archive_filter_code'''() 

'''archive_compression_name'''()
 

'''archive_filter_name'''() 

'''archive_read_finish'''(), '''archive_write_finish'''()
 

'''archive_read_free'''(), 

'''archive_write_free'''() 

'''archive_read_open_file'''(), '''archive_write_open_file'''()
 

'''archive_read_open_filename'''(), 

'''archive_write_open_filename'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_all'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_all'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_bzip2'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_bzip2'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_compress'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_compress'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_gzip'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_gzip'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_lzip'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_lzip'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_lzma'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_lzma'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_none'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_none'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_program'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_program'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_program_signature'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_program_signature'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_rpm'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_rpm'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_uu'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_uu'''() 

'''archive_read_support_compression_xz'''()
 

'''archive_read_support_filter_xz'''() 

'''archive_write_set_compression_bzip2'''()
 

'''archive_write_add_filter_bzip2'''() 

'''archive_write_set_compression_compress'''()
 

'''archive_write_add_filter_compress'''() 

'''archive_write_set_compression_gzip'''()
 

'''archive_write_add_filter_gzip'''() 

'''archive_write_set_compression_lzip'''()
 

'''archive_write_add_filter_lzip'''() 

'''archive_write_set_compression_lzma'''()
 

'''archive_write_add_filter_lzma'''() 

'''archive_write_set_compression_none'''()
 

'''archive_write_add_filter_none'''() 

'''archive_write_set_compression_program'''()
 

'''archive_write_add_filter_program'''() 

'''archive_write_set_compression_filter'''()
 

'''archive_write_add_filter_filter'''() 

=== Removed Symbols=== 

These symbols, listed below along with their replacements if any, 

were deprecated in libarchive2, and are not part of libarchive3. 

'''archive_api_feature'''()
 

'''archive_version_number'''() 

'''archive_api_version'''()
 

'''archive_version_number'''() 

'''archive_version'''()
 

'''archive_version_string'''() 

'''archive_version_stamp'''()
 

'''archive_version_number'''() 

'''archive_read_set_filter_options'''()
 

'''archive_read_set_options'''() 

or 

'''archive_read_set_filter_option'''() 

'''archive_read_set_format_options'''()
 

'''archive_read_set_options'''() 

or 

'''archive_read_set_format_option'''() 

'''archive_write_set_filter_options'''()
 

'''archive_write_set_options'''() 

or 

'''archive_write_set_filter_option'''() 

'''archive_write_set_format_options'''()
 

'''archive_write_set_options'''() 

or 

'''archive_write_set_format_option'''() 

ARCHIVE_API_FEATURE 

ARCHIVE_VERSION_NUMBER 

ARCHIVE_API_VERSION 

ARCHIVE_VERSION_NUMBER 

ARCHIVE_VERSION_STAMP 

ARCHIVE_VERSION_NUMBER 

ARCHIVE_LIBRARY_VERSION 

ARCHIVE_VERSION_STRING 

ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION_NONE 

ARCHIVE_FILTER_NONE 

ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION_GZIP 

ARCHIVE_FILTER_GZIP 

ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION_BZIP2 

ARCHIVE_FILTER_BZIP2 

ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION_COMPRESS 

ARCHIVE_FILTER_COMPRESS 

ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION_PROGRAM 

ARCHIVE_FILTER_PROGRAM 

ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION_LZMA 

ARCHIVE_FILTER_LZMA 

ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION_XZ 

ARCHIVE_FILTER_XZ 

ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION_UU 

ARCHIVE_FILTER_UU 

ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION_RPM 

ARCHIVE_FILTER_RPM 

ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION_LZIP 

ARCHIVE_FILTER_LZIP 

ARCHIVE_BYTES_PER_RECORD 

```text

512 

```

ARCHIVE_DEFAULT_BYTES_PER_BLOCK 

```text

10240 

```

== SEE ALSO == 

[[ManPageibarchive3]], 

[[ManPagerchiveead3]], 

[[ManPagerchiveeadilter3]], 

[[ManPagerchiveeadormat3]], 

[[ManPagerchiveeadetptions3]], 

[[ManPagerchiverite3]], 

[[ManPagerchiveriteilter3]], 

[[ManPagerchiveriteormat3]], 

[[ManPagerchiveriteetptions3]], 

[[ManPagerchivetil3]]