bug#60896: make error if not in 7z format

[Stefan Kangas]

tags 60896
close 60896
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  60896@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:13:48 +0800
>>
>> Also maybe some message should be printed if no .gz or .7z handler is
>> found. Same for the rest: .jpg etc.
>>
>> Currently emacs just opens the file in fundamental mode.
>>
>> Emacs should print a message that it looked for a handler but didn't
>> find one.
>
> Sorry, no.  That way lies madness: most of the files Emacs users visit
> have no handlers.  Announcing we didn't find a handler will be a
> terrible annoyance.

Having read this bug report, I see no bug in Emacs.  We print the
message from the external archiver, as we should, and suggestions for
other changes were rejected.

I'm therefore closing this bug report.