Description Dave Russo 2012-01-03 18:33:56 EST

There is a bug in how we handle "empty" directories when a release script is used and tar is the archiver:
    o we intentionally preserve empty directories in releases
    o when release scripts are provided, we run the archiver (tar or zip) by
      passing a explicit list of files _and_ empty directories to archive
    o when we run tar we (mistakenly) do not pass the "--no-recursion" option to
      tar (which would prevent including everything below the "empty"
      .../debug/ directory)

So, this bug _only_ occurs when a release
    o contains directories that are empty (except for excluded files) _and_
    o when tar is the archiver _and_
    o a release script has been specified

Possible workarounds include
    1. use zip rather than tar for all release archives
    2. add a dummy file, say README, to the debug/ directories
    3. patch xdctools_3_2*/packages/xdc/bld/rcl.tci: replace " --force-local " 
       with " --force-local --no-recursion "