Re: [PATCH] Elpa's GNUmakefile: process_archive

[Serghei <egrep@protonmail.ch>]

Anyone?

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On Sunday, March 1, 2020 7:49 PM, Serghei Iakovlev <egrep@protonmail.ch> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've noticed a bug in Elpa's GNUmakefile file. `process_archive' target contains incorrect code to exclude files from a package. There are positional options (`--exclude-vcs' and `-X') which used
> in an obviously erroneous way.
>
> Let's me show you the problem:
>
> % tar -chf bnf-mode.tar bnf-mode \
> --exclude-vcs -X bnf-mode/.elpaignore
>
> tar: The following options were used after any non-optional
> arguments in archive create or update mode. These options are
> positional and affect only arguments that follow them. Please,
> rearrange them properly.
> tar: --exclude-vcs has no effect
> tar: --exclude-from ‘bnf-mode/.elpaignore’ has no effect
> tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
>
> I've attached the patch that fixes this issue. For more see [1].
>
> [1]:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Position_002dSensitive-Options.html
>
> --
> Serghei

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Serghei