commit 4ec6824896e22637a421cb99fdde694f0a1cdbc5
author Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> Fri Apr 11 03:05:56 2003 +0000
committer Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> Fri Apr 11 03:05:56 2003 +0000
tree ab7a15b39c0eb1c3720e8631e89803e80b819e86
parent ffe33b7f2416132d2e5b64683dbcc2aaf0596937

Fix test_tarfile failure when gzip is not available
The module would exist, but be empty if already imported.
This change ensures we have gzip available.

Lib/tarfile.py

diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index 152b23c..af733de 100644
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -923,7 +923,8 @@
 
         try:
             import gzip
-        except ImportError:
+            gzip.GzipFile
+        except (ImportError, AttributeError):
             raise CompressionError, "gzip module is not available"
 
         pre, ext = os.path.splitext(name)