fileformat: add support for parsing fat Mach-O archives
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C-fileformat
C-fileinfo
new-feature
T-format-macho
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- C++
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Description
Currently, fileformat can only parse fat Mach-O binaries containing single files (executables, dlybs...). Fat Mach-O with static libraries have to be handled by `retdec-macho-extractor` and `retdec-ar-extractor`.
This is closely related to #204. See #204 for more details.
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Research direction
Start by reading related issue #204, then inspect the fileformat parser and the retdec-macho-extractor and retdec-ar-extractor paths named here. Trace how fat Mach-O static libraries are currently routed; done means fileformat parses those archives without relying on the separate extractors.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100