Re: [Module::Build] Archive::Tar file format

[Randy W. S. <Ra...@Th...>]

On 1/12/2004 6:15 AM, Jos I. Boumans wrote:

>> YES! Looks good. I will test more extensively when a snapshot is
>> available. Thanks.
> 
> 
> You can find a snapshot attached. To use the new feature, follow this 
> bit of documentation:
> 

I've tried both versions with no success after modifying Module::Build 
with the patch below. I get the same result whether DO_NOT_USE_PREFIX is 
  true or false. WinZip and PowerArchiver can not read the path info, 
while WinRAR and at least one port of GNU tar can read it.

Randy.

$ diff -u Base.pm.orig Base.pm
--- Base.pm.orig        2004-01-10 23:19:59.000000000 -0500
+++ Base.pm     2004-01-13 18:01:36.000000000 -0500
@@ -1741,6 +1741,9 @@
      $self->do_system($self->{args}{gzip}, "$dir.tar") if 
$self->{args}{gzip};
    } else {
      require Archive::Tar;
+    # Archive::Tar versions >= 1.09 use the following to enable a 
compatibility
+    # hack so that the resulting archive is compatible with older clients.
+    $Archive::Tar::DO_NOT_USE_PREFIX = 1;
      my $files = $self->rscan_dir($dir);
      Archive::Tar->create_archive("$dir.tar.gz", 1, @$files);
    }