extract: ensure necessary packages are installed
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Description
Hey,
Just tried to extract an zip archives on Ubuntu Trusty.
The extract function returns no error, although the unzipping failed due to missing "unzip" package.
As a user of rex I expect that the function can extract the most common formats on any os.
So the extract function should ensure that the necessary packages are installed.
Regardless of that the function should always return an error, if something goes wrong.
Regards
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Research direction
Start by locating Rex's extract function and reproduce the Ubuntu Trusty case with the unzip package absent. Trace how extraction failures are handled and identify how supported archive formats and required packages are represented; done means missing dependencies are handled and extraction failures consistently return an error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- perl
- Domain
- devops, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100