detect and report error

diff --git a/pear/PEAR/Common.php b/pear/PEAR/Common.php
index e78f98a71ecfadf460a5a348ee28835fe3051661..a93631877b2219a10dff931ab0ebc05549495cf0 100644 (file)
--- a/pear/PEAR/Common.php
+++ b/pear/PEAR/Common.php
@@ -386,7 +386,9 @@ class PEAR_Common extends PEAR
         $xml = $pkgdir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'package.xml';
 
         $tar = new Archive_Tar($file, true);
-        $tar->extractList($xml);
+        if (!$tar->extractList($xml)) {
+            return $this->raiseError('could not extract the package.xml file');
+        }
         $info = $this->infoFromDescriptionFile($xml);
         unlink($xml);
         return $info;