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[#1027] project: distribution priority: low category: bug
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Nikolay Stephane fixed 2007-03-27 09:35:31.0
subject [contrib #408] Tarballs don't extract into a subdirectory
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what happened
The distribution tarballs don't extract into a scala-X.Y.Z directory,
which can dump stuff into your current working directory.  Say you're
in $HOME and you have your own personal bin/ directory, then the bin
from scala will dump files in there, which you'll have to clean up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(file_format)#Tarbombs
what expected That the tarball extracts into a newly created scala-X.Y.Z directory.
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Nikolay  edited on  2007-03-27 09:40:33.0
contribution #408. We have discussed this and IIRC the prevailing opinion is that we should have a proper tarball. At least I'll appreciate it.
Stephane  edited on  2007-03-27 13:11:48.0
> tar zxf scala-X.Y.Z-sources.tgz > cd scala-X.Y.Z > ant