Re: [Module::Build] codebase? paths in .tar.gz?

[Jos I. B. <ka...@dw...>]

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Randy W. Sims wrote:
> Actually this problem is occuring in recent versions of Archive::Tar; In
> fact, it happens with a post 1.07 snapshot Andrew referred me to a while
> back when we were having other problems (warnings when directories are
> added to the tar). If Ken can confirm that he used 'perl Build dist' to
> create the 'Module-Build-0.21_01.tar.gz' dist currently on CPAN and that
> he used a recent version of Archive::Tar, I think that will narrow down
> the problem to something in the way tar files are created on Windows as
> opposed to other OSs. When I look at that dist in WinZip (one of the
> common programs on windows used to handle tar files), the directory
> structure is there. When I untar that dist and run 'perl Build dist' in
> it, the tar file created on Windows does not show the directory
> structure (although it is there as confirmed by some ported versions of
> gnu tar). So, the problem seems to be in the creation process on Windows...

hmm, well it would be good if you could make a small test case on win32
that demonstrates this problem (one file, one dir kind of thing), so i can
investigate the tar file and see what goes wrong...