Purpose

Contains pre-compiled and install-time-compiled binaries for ffi-libarchive.

Installation

Add this line to your application’s Gemfile:

gem "ffi-libarchive-binary"

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install ffi-libarchive-binary

Usage

Require the gem and use calls from ffi-libarchive.

require "ffi-libarchive-binary"

path = File.expand_path('file.pkg', __dir__)
flags = Archive::EXTRACT_PERM
reader = Archive::Reader.open_filename(path)

reader.each_entry do |entry|
  reader.extract(entry, flags.to_i)
end

reader.close

Dependencies

• zlib

• Expat

• OpenSSL (for Linux only)

These dependencies are generally present on all systems.

Development

We are following Sandi Metz’s Rules for this gem, you can read the description of the rules here. All new code should follow these rules. If you make changes in a pre-existing file that violates these rules you should fix the violations as part of your contribution.

Releasing

Releasing is done automatically with GitHub Action. Just bump and tag with gem-release.

For a patch release (0.0.x) use:

gem bump --version patch --tag --push

For a minor release (0.x.0) use:

gem bump --version minor --tag --push

Contributing

First, thank you for contributing! We love pull requests from everyone. By participating in this project, you hereby grant Ribose Inc. the right to grant or transfer an unlimited number of non exclusive licenses or sub-licenses to third parties, under the copyright covering the contribution to use the contribution by all means.

Here are a few technical guidelines to follow:

1. Open an issue to discuss a new feature.

2. Write tests to support your new feature.

3. Make sure the entire test suite passes locally and on CI.

4. Open a Pull Request.

5. Squash your commits after receiving feedback.

6. Party!

License

This gem is distributed with a BSD 3-Clause license.

This gem is developed, maintained and funded by Ribose Inc.