tools/7z: 7-Zip update to 26.01 (7zip, sevenzip)
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Dear OpenWrt team,
7-Zip 26.01 has been released (2026-04-27):
- https://7-zip.org/history.txt
- https://7-zip.org/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/555e132ba4/
Can you look it?
It is not only for main branch, previous OpenWrt versions too.
Thanks in advance.
Linked to:
- 25.01: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/20466 @1715173329
- 25.01: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/19742 @1715173329
- 25.00: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/19360 @DragonBluep
- 24.09: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/19020 @DragonBluep
- 24.08: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/16482 @jen1-sys
- 24.05: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/15991 @mcprat
- 23.01: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/13138 @PolynomialDivision
cc: @BKPepe.
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Start in the tools/7z package directory and review the earlier 7-Zip update pull requests linked in the issue to understand the established update pattern. Confirm the 26.01 release details from the provided 7-Zip links, then update the relevant supported OpenWrt branches so they package that release.
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