[vcpkg-tool] Ability to provide an alternative to 7-zip

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[vcpkg-tool] Ability to provide an alternative to 7-zip #37560

Open danielschenk opened 4 months ago

danielschenk commented 4 months ago

Describe the bug Our company has banned the use of 7-zip due to legal issues. Our project depends on vcpkg to build. Therefore we would like the ability to configure a different unarchiving tool for vcpkg to use so that we can comply.

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OS: Windows
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Neumann-A commented 4 months ago

Our company has banned the use of 7-zip due to legal issues.

Please explain that in more detail. The 7zip websites claims that it is free to use: https://www.7-zip.org/faq.html

I mean you could simply provide a dummy executable for it in the right place and see what breaks.

ras0219-msft commented 4 months ago

@danielschenk Since this is a legal concern, could you email us at vcpkg@microsoft.com? We'd like to understand more about what legal requirements invalidate 7-zip to make sure any alternative we propose will meet your needs.

danielschenk commented 3 months ago

I've sent an email from my company email address at March 21th, but haven't got a response back yet. Is this issue still under your attention?