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Title: tarfile.py: fix for bug #1336623
Type: Stage:
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 2.4
process
Status: closed Resolution: accepted
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Assigned To: Nosy List: lars.gustaebel, nnorwitz
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2005-10-26 10:21 by lars.gustaebel, last changed 2005-10-28 06:01 by nnorwitz. This issue is now closed.

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1336623-fix.diff lars.gustaebel, 2005-10-26 10:21 patch against Lib/tarfile.py and Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
Messages (2)
msg48918 - (view) Author: Lars Gustäbel (lars.gustaebel) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-10-26 10:21 
Old tar programs do not produce DIRTYPE members, they
represent directories as REGTYPE members with a
trailing slash. A workaround for these "buggy" archives
is in tarfile.py since 2002, but got lost at some point
in time. The attached patch revives this workaround and
provides a regression test.
msg48919 - (view) Author: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-10-28 06:01 
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Thanks!

Committed revision 41340.
Committed revision 41341.
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