GNU bug report logs - #13136
24.2; tar-ball packages created on windows do not work

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Fidler, Matt" <matt.fidler <at> alcon.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.2

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 13136-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Fidler\, Matt" <matt.fidler <at> alcon.com>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 13136-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13136: 24.2; tar-ball packages created on windows do not work
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:29:15 +0800

"Fidler, Matt" <matt.fidler <at> alcon.com> writes:

> The directory structure is actually
>
> Org-readme-0.11
> Org-readme-0.11/org-readme.pkg.el
>
> The issue is that the directory entry does not include this forward
> slash when using bsdtar or 7zip under windows.  It doesn't matter if
> you include the forward slash in the tar command or 7zip command.

Since the fix appears to be quite safe, and the problem is new to Emacs
24 (package.el being introduced in 24.1), and no one else has chimed in,
I went ahead and committed it to the emacs-24 branch.  Thanks.
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