Make sure that xstar headers are read correctly.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index d446d5f..f0e755e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -208,6 +208,15 @@
self.assert_(tarinfo.type == tarfile.DIRTYPE,
"v7 dirtype failed")
+ def test_xstar_type(self):
+ # The xstar format stores extra atime and ctime fields inside the
+ # space reserved for the prefix field. The prefix field must be
+ # ignored in this case, otherwise it will mess up the name.
+ try:
+ self.tar.getmember("misc/regtype-xstar")
+ except KeyError:
+ self.fail("failed to find misc/regtype-xstar (mangled prefix?)")
+
def test_check_members(self):
for tarinfo in self.tar:
self.assert_(int(tarinfo.mtime) == 07606136617,