From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Apr 10 11:21:00 2015 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Apr 2015 15:21:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52535 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygajs-0001cf-2P for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:21:00 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50689) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygajq-0001cS-86 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:20:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygajk-0003ho-6G for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:20:53 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:54617) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygajk-0003hk-3J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:20:52 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35951) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygajf-00046X-VF for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:20:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygajb-0003gH-H2 for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:20:47 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:60936) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygajb-0003gC-B1 for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:20:43 -0400 Received: from pluto.bordeaux.inria.fr ([193.50.110.57]:37873 helo=pluto) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygaja-0005Te-NW for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:20:43 -0400 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: bug-libtool@gnu.org Subject: Libtool 2.4.6 tarballs contains MacOS meta-data files X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 21 Germinal an 223 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x3D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:20:39 +0200 Message-ID: <87k2xkko1k.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) The libtool-2.4.6 source tarballs contain ._* files, which are apparently Apple meta-data files. These are binary files; they contain strings like =E2=80=9CMac OS X=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Ccom.dropbox.attributes= .=E2=80=9D Not only does it make the tarball bigger, it looks unprofessional and gives a poor image of the GNU Project IMO. Could you please publish 2.4.7 tarballs that do not have this problem? I wonder how these files got in the tarball in the first place. I don=E2= =80=99t think GNU tar would silently include them, so I guess it must have been Apple=E2=80=99s tar implementation or something like that? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.