SF patch 995225: tarfile.py fix for bug #990325
Removes CVS keywords from this binary file, so that test_tarfile passes
regardless of whether Python is checked out with -kk.
diff --git a/Lib/test/testtar.tar b/Lib/test/testtar.tar
index 40125b3..8fd0c50 100644
--- a/Lib/test/testtar.tar
+++ b/Lib/test/testtar.tar
Binary files differ
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index af7b384..6e8c710 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
from a tarfile.
- Patch #846659. Fix an error in tarfile.py when using
- GNU longname/longlink creation.
+ GNU longname/longlink creation.
- The obsolete FCNTL.py has been deleted. The builtin fcntl module
has been available (on platforms that support fcntl) since Python
@@ -144,9 +144,13 @@
Tests
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-- The test data files for the decimal test suite are now installed on
+- The test data files for the decimal test suite are now installed on
platforms that use the Makefile.
+- SF patch 995225: The test file testtar.tar accidentally contained
+ CVS keywords (like $Id$), which could cause spurious failures in
+ test_tarfile.py depending on how the test file was checked out.
+
Windows
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