Fixed #1885: --formats=tar,gztar was not working properly in the sdist command
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
index 6ce8c43..e8b6bce 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
@@ -456,6 +456,10 @@
self.make_release_tree(base_dir, self.filelist.files)
archive_files = [] # remember names of files we create
+ # tar archive must be created last to avoid overwrite and remove
+ if 'tar' in self.formats:
+ self.formats.append(self.formats.pop(self.formats.index('tar')))
+
for fmt in self.formats:
file = self.make_archive(base_name, fmt, base_dir=base_dir)
archive_files.append(file)