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[3.8] bpo-37834: Normalise handling of reparse points on Windows (GH-15231) #15370

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bpo-37834: Normalise handling of reparse points on Windows

  • ntpath.realpath() and nt.stat() will traverse all supported reparse points (previously was mixed)
  • nt.lstat() will let the OS traverse reparse points that are not name surrogates (previously would not traverse any reparse point)
  • nt.[l]stat() will only set S_IFLNK for symlinks (previous behaviour)
  • nt.readlink() will read destinations for symlinks and junction points only

bpo-1311: os.path.exists('nul') now returns True on Windows

  • nt.stat('nul').st_mode is now S_IFCHR (previously was an error)

https://bugs.python.org/issue37834

* ntpath.realpath() and nt.stat() will traverse all supported reparse points (previously was mixed)
* nt.lstat() will let the OS traverse reparse points that are not name surrogates (previously would not traverse any reparse point)
* nt.[l]stat() will only set S_IFLNK for symlinks (previous behaviour)
* nt.readlink() will read destinations for symlinks and junction points only

bpo-1311: os.path.exists('nul') now returns True on Windows
* nt.stat('nul').st_mode is now S_IFCHR (previously was an error)
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