Tarfile and hard-links

[aggression]

BPO	857297
Nosy	@gustaebel
Files	tarfile-test.tar.gz: Tarfile Test

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[aggression]

The attachment has a tar.gz file which contains a file
and an hard-link to that file. The Python script
unpacks the tar file to 3 locations: the current
directory, the current directory specified by absolute
path and /tmp). In the machines I've tested it, when
unpacking to /tmp (or any other directory that does not
belongs to the same branch as the current) the
hard-link is not created. Am I missing something ?

I have tested it with the tarfile module that ships
with Python 2.3.2, and with the CVS tarfile module, the
behavior is the same.

Regards
Ricardo Martins

[gustaebel]

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I submitted a patch (bpo-916874) that fixes this.

[nnorwitz]

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Checked in as:

• Lib/tarfile.py; 1.13
• Lib/test/test_tarfile.py; 1.13
• Misc/NEWS; 1.1048

Perhaps this should be backported to 2.3?

[gustaebel]

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Yes, it should be backported.