Re: [PATCH] Elpa's GNUmakefile: process_archive

[Stefan Monnier]

> Anyone?

I'll get to it.


        Stefan


> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Sunday, March 1, 2020 7:49 PM, Serghei Iakovlev <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've noticed a bug in Elpa's GNUmakefile file. `process_archive' target
>> contains incorrect code to exclude files from a package. There are
>> positional options (`--exclude-vcs' and `-X') which used
>> in an obviously erroneous way.
>>
>> Let's me show you the problem:
>>
>> % tar -chf bnf-mode.tar bnf-mode \
>> --exclude-vcs -X bnf-mode/.elpaignore
>>
>> tar: The following options were used after any non-optional
>> arguments in archive create or update mode. These options are
>> positional and affect only arguments that follow them. Please,
>> rearrange them properly.
>> tar: --exclude-vcs has no effect
>> tar: --exclude-from ‘bnf-mode/.elpaignore’ has no effect
>> tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
>>
>> I've attached the patch that fixes this issue. For more see [1].
>>
>> [1]:
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Position_002dSensitive-Options.html
>>
>> --
>> Serghei
>
> --
> Serghei