From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13136: 24.2; tar-ball packages created on windows do not work Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:52:58 -0500 Message-ID: <56fw3dp4ut.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <6FA09CD345DDA74CAB37B48415C54FF8D810@023-CH1MPN1-004.023d.mgd.msft.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1355201608 14227 80.91.229.3 (11 Dec 2012 04:53:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13136@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Fidler\, Matt" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 11 05:53:42 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TiHqf-0005so-1L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:53:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59831 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TiHqS-0004Ej-Cx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:53:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48383) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TiHqP-0004ET-6L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:53:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TiHqN-0006zT-HG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:53:25 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54098) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TiHqN-0006zP-E7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:53:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TiHr0-0000e5-5C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:54:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:54:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13136 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13136-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13136.13552016212454 (code B ref 13136); Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:54:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13136) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Dec 2012 04:53:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36116 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TiHqf-0000dX-4h for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:53:41 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:52186) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TiHqc-0000dQ-LE for 13136@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:53:39 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TiHpy-0003ln-Ot; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:52:58 -0500 X-Spook: NSA George W. Bush interception AMEMB UFO satellite X-Ran: _IY[JE@g{V,S|\^b9B0>-#(Gbp=lxiWtXc5Ddm1n5a&kvU#@aE&90V=3'#C+Di+#-d1{%` X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <6FA09CD345DDA74CAB37B48415C54FF8D810@023-CH1MPN1-004.023d.mgd.msft.net> (Matt Fidler's message of "Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:27:56 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:68302 Archived-At: "Fidler, Matt" wrote: > Any tar-ball package created with 7zip or with bsdtar includes the > > directory structure of a package as follows: > > > > org-readme-0.11 > > org-readme-0.11\org-readme-pkg.el Thanks for the report. Is this a valid tar file? The zip format explicitly requires forward slashes [1], but I could not find a clear answer one way or the other for tar. http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Portable-Names.html#SEC137 says: Use portable file and member names. A name is portable if it contains only ASCII letters and digits, `/', `.', '_', and '-' [...] http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Standard.html#SEC182 just says The name field is the file name of the file, with directory names (if any) preceding the file name, separated by slashes. which is annoyingly vague. Anyway, none of that really helps you... [1] http://www.pkware.com/documents/casestudies/APPNOTE.TXT 4.4.17.1 The name of the file, with optional relative path. The path stored MUST not contain a drive or device letter, or a leading slash. All slashes MUST be forward slashes '/' as opposed to backwards slashes '\' for compatibility with Amiga and UNIX file systems etc.