You can no longer output a package to a directory [GH-730]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   - Fix issue with Puppet config inheritance. [GH-722]
   - Fix issue where starting a VM on some systems was incorrectly treated
     as failing. [GH-720]
+  - It is now an error to specify the packaging `output` as a directory. [GH-730]
 
 ## 0.9.7 (February 9, 2012)
 

lib/vagrant/action/general/package.rb

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ module Vagrant
         def call(env)
           @env = env
 
+          raise Errors::PackageOutputDirectory if File.directory?(tar_path)
           raise Errors::PackageOutputExists if File.exist?(tar_path)
           raise Errors::PackageRequiresDirectory if !env["package.directory"] ||
             !File.directory?(env["package.directory"])
@@ -37,12 +38,14 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         def recover(env)
-          # Don't delete the tar_path if the error is that the output already
-          # exists, since this will nuke the user's previous file.
-          if !env["vagrant.error"].is_a?(Errors::PackageOutputExists)
-            # Cleanup any packaged files if the packaging failed at some point.
-            File.delete(tar_path) if File.exist?(tar_path)
+          # There are certain exceptions that we don't delete the file for.
+          ignore_exc = [Errors::PackageOutputDirectory, Errors::PackageOutputExists]
+          ignore_exc.each do |exc|
+            return if env["vagrant.error"].is_a?(exc)
           end
+
+          # Cleanup any packaged files if the packaging failed at some point.
+          File.delete(tar_path) if File.exist?(tar_path)
         end
 
         # This method copies the include files (passed in via command line)
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ module Vagrant
 
         # Path to the final box output file
         def tar_path
-          File.join(FileUtils.pwd, @env["package.output"])
+          File.expand_path(@env["package.output"], FileUtils.pwd)
         end
       end
     end

lib/vagrant/errors.rb

@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ module Vagrant
       error_key(:include_file_missing, "vagrant.actions.general.package")
     end
 
+    class PackageOutputDirectory < VagrantError
+      status_code(72)
+      error_key(:output_is_directory, "vagrant.actions.general.package")
+    end
+
     class PackageOutputExists < VagrantError
       status_code(16)
       error_key(:output_exists, "vagrant.actions.general.package")

templates/locales/en.yml

@@ -540,6 +540,9 @@ en:
           output_exists: |-
             The specified file to save the package as already exists. Please
             remove this file or specify a different file name for outputting.
+          output_is_directory: |-
+            The specified output is a directory. Please specify a path including
+            a filename.
           requires_directory: |-
             A directory was not specified to package. This should never happen
             and is a result of an internal inconsistency.