bug#19536: [PATCH] package-upload-buffer-internal fails for tar files

[Stefan Monnier]

> It creates a file with a ⌜.tar⌝ extension that isn't a valid tar file.

IOW, it's been broken for all these years?

> Since elpa.gnu.org _does_ have valid tar files, I guess somebody
> wrote a script to work around this bug by overwriting the invalid tar files
> with the originals.

We don't use this code.  The tarballs are built directly on elpa.gnu.org
from elpa/admin/* scripts.

> I'm submitting a patch for this since it affects validation of my patch for
> bug #19479, and I'm submitting the latter patch because it
> fixes a security vulnerability.

If this function's been broken for so long and nobody reported it, I'd
rather just remove it.


        Stefan