Subject: bug#8870: Package installer corrupts image & zip files

From: Jambunathan K <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:33:55 +0530

Chong Yidong <[email-masked]> writes:

> Jambunathan K <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> tar-untar-buffer needs to use the right coding system for
>> extraction.
>
> Could you verify that a standalone `M-x tar-untar-buffer' (called
> outside of package.el) also exhibits the bug?

Yes, the standalone `M-x tar-untar-buffer' ALSO corrupts the zip and png
files.

> If so, I think setting coding-system-for-write to no-conversion is
> probably the correct fix, indeed.

Could you please apply this fix then?