Bug #101922 for Archive-Tar: Archive::Tar removes trailing '/' from directories

Wed Feb 04 04:39:19 2015 lameventanas [...] gmail.com - Ticket created

Subject:	Archive::Tar removes trailing '/' from directories
Date:	Wed, 4 Feb 2015 18:39:04 +0900
To:	bug-Archive-Tar [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Alan <lameventanas [...] gmail.com>

Archive::Tar removes the trailing '/' from directories, is there any way to prevent it? cd / mkdir tmp/testdir tar -czf /tmp/test-gnutar.tar.gz tmp/testdir/ perl -MArchive::Tar -e 'Archive::Tar->create_archive("/tmp/test-perl.tar.gz", COMPRESS_GZIP, "tmp/testdir/")' echo "GNU Tar result:" tar -tzf /tmp/test-gnutar.tar.gz echo echo "Archive::Tar result:" tar -tzf /tmp/test-perl.tar.gz The output is: GNU Tar result: tmp/testdir/ Archive::Tar result: tmp/testdir

Thu Sep 29 10:50:48 2016 jkeenan [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Wed Feb 04 04:39:19 2015, lameventanas@gmail.com wrote: Show quoted text

> Archive::Tar removes the trailing '/' from directories, is there any > way to prevent it? > > cd / > mkdir tmp/testdir > tar -czf /tmp/test-gnutar.tar.gz tmp/testdir/ > perl -MArchive::Tar -e > 'Archive::Tar->create_archive("/tmp/test-perl.tar.gz", COMPRESS_GZIP, > "tmp/testdir/")' > > echo "GNU Tar result:" > tar -tzf /tmp/test-gnutar.tar.gz > echo > echo "Archive::Tar result:" > tar -tzf /tmp/test-perl.tar.gz > > The output is: > > GNU Tar result: > tmp/testdir/ > > Archive::Tar result: > tmp/testdir

Thu Sep 29 10:50:48 2016 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Thu Sep 29 10:55:29 2016 jkeenan [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Thu Sep 29 10:50:48 2016, JKEENAN wrote: Show quoted text

> On Wed Feb 04 04:39:19 2015, lameventanas@gmail.com wrote:

> > Archive::Tar removes the trailing '/' from directories, is there any > > way to prevent it? > > > > cd / > > mkdir tmp/testdir > > tar -czf /tmp/test-gnutar.tar.gz tmp/testdir/ > > perl -MArchive::Tar -e > > 'Archive::Tar->create_archive("/tmp/test-perl.tar.gz", COMPRESS_GZIP, > > "tmp/testdir/")' > > > > echo "GNU Tar result:" > > tar -tzf /tmp/test-gnutar.tar.gz > > echo > > echo "Archive::Tar result:" > > tar -tzf /tmp/test-perl.tar.gz > > > > The output is: > > > > GNU Tar result: > > tmp/testdir/ > > > > Archive::Tar result: > > tmp/testdir

Archive::Tar::create_archive() internally calls Archive::Tar::write(), which in turn internally calls helper method Archive::Tar::File::_prefix_and_file(), which is where the trailing slash is lopped off. As discussed in RT #115160, this is long-standing behavior, so changing it may break a lot of code in production. That's the Archive::Tar maintainers' call. But even if the behavior is unchanged, this peculiarity should be documented. Thank you very much. Jim Keenan

Fri May 12 10:43:00 2017 BINGOS [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Thu Sep 29 10:55:29 2016, JKEENAN wrote: Show quoted text

> On Thu Sep 29 10:50:48 2016, JKEENAN wrote:

> > On Wed Feb 04 04:39:19 2015, lameventanas@gmail.com wrote:

> > > Archive::Tar removes the trailing '/' from directories, is there > > > any > > > way to prevent it? > > > > > > cd / > > > mkdir tmp/testdir > > > tar -czf /tmp/test-gnutar.tar.gz tmp/testdir/ > > > perl -MArchive::Tar -e > > > 'Archive::Tar->create_archive("/tmp/test-perl.tar.gz", > > > COMPRESS_GZIP, > > > "tmp/testdir/")' > > > > > > echo "GNU Tar result:" > > > tar -tzf /tmp/test-gnutar.tar.gz > > > echo > > > echo "Archive::Tar result:" > > > tar -tzf /tmp/test-perl.tar.gz > > > > > > The output is: > > > > > > GNU Tar result: > > > tmp/testdir/ > > > > > > Archive::Tar result: > > > tmp/testdir

> > Archive::Tar::create_archive() internally calls Archive::Tar::write(), > which in turn internally calls helper method > Archive::Tar::File::_prefix_and_file(), which is where the trailing > slash is lopped off. > > As discussed in RT #115160, this is long-standing behavior, so > changing it may break a lot of code in production. That's the > Archive::Tar maintainers' call. But even if the behavior is > unchanged, this peculiarity should be documented. > > Thank you very much. > Jim Keenan

I believe that this has been resolved. Closing.

Fri May 12 10:43:01 2017 BINGOS [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Fri May 12 10:43:01 2017 BINGOS [...] cpan.org - Taken