Bug #45671 for Archive-Extract: Extracting archives while using threads

Sun May 03 14:10:07 2009 m.faustino [...] gmail.com - Ticket created

Subject:	Extracting archives while using threads
Date:	Sun, 03 May 2009 19:09:10 +0100
To:	bug-Archive-Extract [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Márcio Faustino <m.faustino [...] gmail.com>

Hi, I'm trying to extract zip files while using threads (with Archive::Extract v0.30 and perl v5.10.0 on Windows XP), but every time I enable them the files are extracted to the current directory instead of the specified one. For example, using the test script attached, if I set $use_threads to true then the files are extracted to the current directory, otherwise they are correctly extracted to the home directory. Is this a problem with Archive::Extract or my script? Thanks, -- Márcio Faustino

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Mon May 11 04:45:37 2009 kane [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Sun May 03 14:10:07 2009, m.faustino@gmail.com wrote: Show quoted text

> I'm trying to extract zip files while using threads (with

Archive::Extract Show quoted text

> v0.30 and perl v5.10.0 on Windows XP), but every time I enable them the > files are extracted to the current directory instead of the specified one.

The problem is that A::E chdir's to the extraction directory. This isn't threadsafe (obviously). Fixing this however would be a larger undertaking as all the extract implementations would have to be made aware of this. This is particularly painful for paths with spaces in them. I'm not sure what a good work around would be for the moment, but at least I can confirm it's Not Your Bug(tm).

Mon May 11 04:45:38 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Fri Jun 12 07:30:08 2009 kane [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Sun May 03 14:10:07 2009, m.faustino@gmail.com wrote: Show quoted text

> I'm trying to extract zip files while using threads (with

Archive::Extract Show quoted text

> v0.30 and perl v5.10.0 on Windows XP), but every time I enable them the > files are extracted to the current directory instead of the specified one.

For now, I've added a note in the docs about lack of thread safety, while we work on a better fix. This has been uploaded as 0.32. Cheers,