>> The tarball trac-0.10.5.tar.gz seems to contain some unfamiliar files >> like "._ChangeLog". I guess they are Mac OS related files. >> Are they required to distribute?
These come from a "feature" from Apple: they provide a GNU TAR tool that packs meta data into an archive w/o informing the archive creator, so if you are not very careful when you create a tar ball, you may end up packing up some "personal" data in your tar ball file. It seems they (Apple) did not even consider to add an option in tar to opt-out this IMHO stupid feature, or even better, an opt-in option. This "feature" is not even properly documented. Meanwhile, there is a handy but not so well documented environment variable to tell the Apple GNU TAR to behave as a regular GNU TAR: export COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 This is for Leopard. There is an equivalent variable for Tiger, but I can't remember the name. Cheers, Manu --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
