[Pythonmac-SIG] bug in MacPython 2.1.1 BuildApplet -- can trash files!

[Jack Jansen]

On Thursday, January 17, 2002, at 10:28 , Russell E Owen wrote:

> If the name of the file dropped on BuildApplet (MacPython 2.1.1 
> configured for Carbon) is the right length, BuildApplet will work and 
> then will delete the source file!!!
>
> For instance:
> "Cvt cmm -> Igor data 2-0 long name.py"
> first produces a working droplet with name:
> "Cvt cmm -> Igor data 2#7F2E4"
> and then the source file simply vanishes. It's really gone, too (or 
> perhaps moved and renamed) -- a disk search doesn't turn it up anywhere.
>
Ouch!

I assume this is on OSX, right?

Could you file a bug report (with a fairly high priority), please?