[Python-Dev] Problem with 2.3b2 tarfile?

[Guido van Rossum]

> Next check was on the length of things as John had suggested.  The longest
> component is only 110 characters:
> 
>     ./Mac/OSXResources/app/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/macpython_ide_tutorial/entering_in_new_window.gif

This is the culprit.  In a "classic" tar file, a filename can be only
100 characters.  (See Lib/tarfile.py. :-)

> Just or Jack, is there any chance we can rearrange the Mac subtree to
> shorten up that long path?  I don't know if it's the number of directory
> components or the total length of the path that's causing the problem.

The total length must be <= 100.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)