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Re: default tar format for "make dist" and patch file length
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: default tar format for "make dist" and patch file length |
Date: |
Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:32:58 +0100 |
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Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> skribis:
> Ideally, "guix lint" would be run and issues fixed before applying
> patches ... !
On the bright side, that there’s just a dozen of issues on 20K packages
suggests it’s usually run. :-)
I think we’re used to running it for new packages but not when modifying
an existing package, which is probably when issues like that are
introduced.
> Is it worth adding an inexpensive check to etc/git/pre-push that also
> checks for file-length and fails to push due to this issue potentially
> breaking "make dist"?
Could be.
> A different angle might be to actually use a different tar format:
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Formats.html
>
> I would guess "make dist" is using the tar "v7" format, based on the 99
> character length limit for files. Most of the other formats have no file
> length limit or a longer limit.
Yes, we could also do that.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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- Re: default tar format for "make dist" and patch file length, Vagrant Cascadian, 2021/11/20
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- Re: default tar format for "make dist" and patch file length, Maxim Cournoyer, 2021/11/21
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- Re: default tar format for "make dist" and patch file length, Maxim Cournoyer, 2021/11/22