I installed unrar for the first time since moving to F36, and it’s very different.
Instead of Alexander Roshal’s version 6, it’s unrar-free 0.1.1 – a 2004 version from Ben Asselstine and Jeroen Dekkers.
The -t (test) function passes my rar file, but unrar -x produces an unreadable file that ls thinks is 94164548805788 bytes long (about 86 petabytes), but still shows plenty of free space on the disk anyway.
So this is weird. Fortunately, I had a copy of Roshal’s version, which works on F36.
My search-fu was insufficient to find any explanation.
$dnf info unrar unrar-free
Available Packages
Name : unrar
Version : 6.1.7
Release : 1.fc36
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 150 k
Source : unrar-6.1.7-1.fc36.src.rpm
Repository : rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
Summary : Utility for extracting, testing and viewing RAR archives
URL : https://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm
License : Freeware with further limitations
Description : The unrar utility is a freeware program for extracting, testing and
: viewing the contents of archives created with the RAR archiver version
: 1.50 and above.
Name : unrar-free
Version : 0.1.1
Release : 1.fc36
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 29 k
Source : unrar-free-0.1.1-1.fc36.src.rpm
Repository : updates
Summary : Free software version of the non-free unrar utility
URL : https://gitlab.com/bgermann/unrar-free
License : GPLv2+
Description : unrar-free is a free software version of the non-free unrar utility. This
: program is a simple command-line front-end to libarchive, and can list and
: extract RAR archives but also other formats supported by libarchive. It does
: not rival the non-free unrar in terms of features, but special care has been
: taken to ensure it meets most user's needs.