ntpath.samefile fails to detect that "A.TXT" and "a.txt" refer to the same file on Windows XP.
Noticed while researching a buildbot failure due to a patch for issue #10684.
diff --git a/Lib/ntpath.py b/Lib/ntpath.py
index 419342d..ec8a7ab 100644
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
# Non-Windows operating systems fake this method with an XP
# approximation.
def _getfinalpathname(f):
- return abspath(f)
+ return normcase(abspath(f))
def samefile(f1, f2):
"Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 827e837..52d1d61 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
Library
-------
+- ntpath.samefile failed to notice that "a.txt" and "A.TXT" refer to the same
+ file on Windows XP. As noticed in issue #10684.
+
- Issue #12000: When a SSL certificate has a subjectAltName without any
dNSName entry, ssl.match_hostname() should use the subject's commonName.
Patch by Nicolas Bareil.