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Title: shutil.copytree() should use os.lutimes() to copy the metadata of symlinks
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 3.3
process
Status: closed Resolution: duplicate
Dependencies: 12715 Superseder: Add symlink support to shutil functions
View: 12715
Assigned To: Nosy List: berker.peksag, ned.deily, orsenthil, petri.lehtinen, rosslagerwall
Priority: normal Keywords: easy

Created on 2011-08-06 06:42 by petri.lehtinen, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (5)
msg141712 - (view) Author: Petri Lehtinen (petri.lehtinen) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-08-06 06:42
As discussed in issue 12183, shutil.copytree(..., symlinks=True) should copy the metadata of symlinks instead of the metadata of the file that the symlink refers to.

This can be achieved by using os.lstat() and os.lutimes() (new in 3.3) on symlinks.
msg141729 - (view) Author: Ned Deily (ned.deily) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-08-06 22:13
Keep in mind that os.lutimes() may not be available on the platform so the patch will need to test for that.
msg141814 - (view) Author: Petri Lehtinen (petri.lehtinen) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-08-09 12:19
Added issue 12715 as a dependency for this issue, as shutil.copy2(src, dst, symlinks=True) would be an obvious way to implement this.
msg153731 - (view) Author: Berker Peksag (berker.peksag) * (Python committer) Date: 2012-02-19 23:16
I think this issue fixed in changeset 74194:cf57ef65bcd0.

See: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/cf57ef65bcd0#l2.75
msg153985 - (view) Author: Petri Lehtinen (petri.lehtinen) * (Python committer) Date: 2012-02-22 20:08
Yeah. Seems that fixing #12715 automatically also fixed this, so closing as duplicate.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:20adminsetgithub: 56911
2012-02-22 20:08:56petri.lehtinensetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: duplicate
superseder: Add symlink support to shutil functions
messages: + msg153985
2012-02-19 23:16:32berker.peksagsetnosy: + berker.peksag
messages: + msg153731
2011-08-09 12:19:06petri.lehtinensetmessages: + msg141814
2011-08-09 12:18:26petri.lehtinensetdependencies: + Add symlink support to shutil functions
2011-08-09 04:35:10rosslagerwallsetnosy: + rosslagerwall
2011-08-06 22:13:56ned.deilysetnosy: + ned.deily
messages: + msg141729
2011-08-06 06:42:47petri.lehtinencreate