WordPress 6.9+ packages broken — archive extraction fails

[Fgtutech]

After updating to WordPress 6.9.0 or later (tested up to 7.1.1), the johnpbloch/wordpress-core package extraction fails during composer install. The archive downloads but doesn't extract — vendor directory ends up empty except for metadata files.

Reverting to johnpbloch/wordpress: 6.8.8 works perfectly.

Steps to reproduce:

Set johnpbloch/wordpress: ^6.9 in composer.json
Run composer install
Check /vendor/johnpbloch/wordpress-core/wp-includes/version.php — missing

Environment:

PHP 8.3
Composer 2.x
Bedrock installation

Workaround:
Lock to version 6.8.8 until this is fixed.

[szepeviktor]

Please see johnpbloch/wordpress-core#40

[yuriipavlov]

This is the same bug as johnpbloch/wordpress-core#40, not a 6.9-specific extraction failure: ^6.9 resolves to 6.9.8, and that tag has no wp-includes/. 6.9.7 and earlier are fine, so you can pin both packages to 6.9.7 instead of going back to 6.8.8:

"johnpbloch/wordpress-core": "6.9.7",
"johnpbloch/wordpress": "6.9.7"

Disclosure: I also maintain solidbunch/wordpress-core, an alternative core package if you'd rather not pin: https://github.com/solidbunch/wordpress-core