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Author	r.david.murray
Recipients	neologix, paul.moore, r.david.murray, zach.ware
Date	2014-07-22.20:36:43
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Message-id	<1406061403.95.0.561760625013.issue22040@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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In other words, on unix shutil.rmtree is already 'rm -rf'. This then argues that it not deleting read only files on Windows is a bug, albeit one we may not be able to fix for backward compatibility reasons. Ah, and now my memory is jogged. This is a duplicate of issue 19643, and that was more or less the conclusion.

In other words, on unix shutil.rmtree is *already* 'rm -rf'.  This then argues that it *not* deleting read only files on Windows is a bug, albeit one we may not be able to fix for backward compatibility reasons.

Ah, and now my memory is jogged.  This is a duplicate of issue 19643, and that was more or less the conclusion.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2014-07-22 20:36:43	r.david.murray	set	recipients: + r.david.murray, paul.moore, neologix, zach.ware
2014-07-22 20:36:43	r.david.murray	set	messageid: <1406061403.95.0.561760625013.issue22040@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2014-07-22 20:36:43	r.david.murray	create