Patch #1484695: The tarfile module now raises a HeaderError exception
if a buffer given to frombuf() is invalid.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtarfile.tex b/Doc/lib/libtarfile.tex
index ca6e65a..5f277da 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libtarfile.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libtarfile.tex
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@
only if \member{TarFile.errorlevel}\code{ == 2}.
\end{excdesc}
+\begin{excdesc}{HeaderError}
+ Is raised by \method{frombuf()} if the buffer it gets is invalid.
+ \versionadded{2.6}
+\end{excdesc}
+
\begin{seealso}
\seemodule{zipfile}{Documentation of the \refmodule{zipfile}
standard module.}
@@ -332,6 +337,8 @@
\begin{methoddesc}{frombuf}{}
Create and return a \class{TarInfo} object from a string buffer.
+ \versionadded[Raises \exception{HeaderError} if the buffer is
+ invalid.]{2.6}
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{tobuf}{posix}