[New-bugs-announce] [issue1885] [distutils] - error when processing the "--formats=tar" option

[Giampaolo Rodola']

New submission from Giampaolo Rodola':

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1: Run "python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,tar".
2. dist directory now contains "module.gztar" and "module.tar" files
as expected.
3: Run "python setup.py sdist --formats=tar,gztar".
4. dist directory now contains only "module.gztar" file.

Reason:
Since for every argument specified in "--formats" option a new .tar file
is created every time by using the UNIX tar utility, the .tar file is
removed/overwritten when creating subsequent archives.

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components: Distutils
messages: 61445
nosy: giampaolo.rodola
severity: normal
status: open
title: [distutils] - error when processing the "--formats=tar" option
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5

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