Patch #1338314, Bug #1336623: fix tarfile so it can extract
REGTYPE directories from tarfiles written by old programs.
Will backport.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index b202ea5..98349c4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -144,6 +144,36 @@
"readlines() after seek failed")
fobj.close()
+ def test_old_dirtype(self):
+ """Test old style dirtype member (bug #1336623).
+ """
+ # Old tars create directory members using a REGTYPE
+ # header with a "/" appended to the filename field.
+
+ # Create an old tar style directory entry.
+ filename = tmpname()
+ tarinfo = tarfile.TarInfo("directory/")
+ tarinfo.type = tarfile.REGTYPE
+
+ fobj = file(filename, "w")
+ fobj.write(tarinfo.tobuf())
+ fobj.close()
+
+ try:
+ # Test if it is still a directory entry when
+ # read back.
+ tar = tarfile.open(filename)
+ tarinfo = tar.getmembers()[0]
+ tar.close()
+
+ self.assert_(tarinfo.type == tarfile.DIRTYPE)
+ self.assert_(tarinfo.name.endswith("/"))
+ finally:
+ try:
+ os.unlink(filename)
+ except:
+ pass
+
class ReadStreamTest(ReadTest):
sep = "|"