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different fixed-output when using ’--with-source’ transformation

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Message #8 received at 50597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 50597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50597: different fixed-output when using
 ’--with-source’ transformation
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 18:06:38 +0200

Hello!

zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> Why the store item of source tarball is it different when applying the
> transformation?
>
> Maxime provided a clue [1].

Maxime is right: ‘--with-source’ passes #:recursive? #t unconditionally,
whereas it’s usually #f for a ‘url-fetch’ kind of URI.

What we could do is make it #t if and only if the URL denotes a local
file and that file is a directory.  I think that would achieve what you
want without any observable regression in practice.

WDYT?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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