tarfile.py: fix for bug #1336623

[gustaebel]

BPO	1338314
Nosy	@gustaebel
Files	1336623-fix.diff: patch against Lib/tarfile.py and Lib/test/test_tarfile.py

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title = 'tarfile.py: fix for bug python/cpython#42515'
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[gustaebel]

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.

[nnorwitz]

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Thanks!

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