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tarfile module fails to correctly parse some .tar.gz archives?! #48468

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gerhardxXx mannequin opened this issue Oct 28, 2008 · 3 comments
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tarfile module fails to correctly parse some .tar.gz archives?! #48468

gerhardxXx mannequin opened this issue Oct 28, 2008 · 3 comments
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extension-modules C modules in the Modules dir type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error

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gerhardxXx mannequin commented Oct 28, 2008

BPO 4218
Nosy @gustaebel, @vstinner
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  • dir.tar.gz: example file that is not correctly processed by tarfile module
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title = 'tarfile module fails to correctly parse some .tar.gz archives?!'
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    gerhardxXx mannequin commented Oct 28, 2008

    hi,

    seems like tarfile module for python 2.4 is broken.
    If I open the attached dir.tar.gz (tried it on different machines) then
    tarfile module only displays a part of the contents.

    what I did:
>>> import tarfile
>>> f = tarfile.open('dir.tar.gz','r:gz')
>>> f.getnames()

    getnames() only returns the files/directories in the dir.tar.gz that
    start with letter "a-j" and skips the rest???!!

    cheers gerhard

    More info (I have debian etch installation):
    Python 2.4.4 (#2, Apr 16 2008, 17:58:59)
    [GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)] on linux2

    $ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.16
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

    @gerhardxXx gerhardxXx mannequin added extension-modules C modules in the Modules dir type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error labels Oct 28, 2008
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    The bug is fixed in Python 2.5. Since Python 2.6 was released the 1st
    October, why not upgrading to 2.6 or at least 2.5?

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    gustaebel mannequin commented Oct 28, 2008

    This is a known bug in Python 2.4's tarfile version (cp. bpo-1509889
    and bpo-1719898). It was fixed in Python 2.5. Thank you anyway for your
    report.

    @gustaebel gustaebel mannequin closed this as completed Oct 28, 2008
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