Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE-REQUEST] `make-archive' and existing directories

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Thomas Lord <address@hidden> writes:

> The main problem reported in the Savannah bug report appears
> to be a user error.   In this case, tla did the right thing by signalling
> an error.   With Ludovic's patch, tla would do the wrong thing
> by making an archive at (what is probably) the wrong location.

I think I understand your point.  OTOH, I'd rather say "what is
_possibly_ the wrong location", assuming the user is aware of what
they're doing.

As mentioned by Sylvain in the Savannah bug report, one possibility
would be to simply create an archive _within_ the directory at hand,
instead of _at_ this directory, but this would look inconsistent with
former practice at Savannah.  So, yes, this can be seen as a pure
Savannah problem, not a `tla' one.

OTOH, ...

Oh, well, we could argue at length about this but it's not so important
after all.  Maybe a `--really' option would yield consensus?  ;-)

Thanks,
Ludovic.