#1146856 7zip: x86 ASM: translate from MASM to NASM dialect

Package:
7zip
Source:
7zip
Description:
7-Zip file archiver with a high compression ratio
Submitter:
Carsten Janssen
Date:
2026-09-06 12:35:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1146856#5
Date:
2026-09-06 12:33:33 UTC
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I did translate the x86 assembly code into NASM dialect to remove the dependency on asmc-linux.
I have submitted a pull request to upstream but unfortunately didn't receive any response yet.
I thought this might be of interrest for the maintainers of the 7zip package.

Github PR: https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/pull/241

Branch with new ASM files and modified Makefiles:
https://github.com/darealshinji/7zip/tree/nasm-2