New submission from Maor Feldinger <rounder...@gmail.com>:
Reproduction Steps: ------------------- Create a symlink in a directory without permissions: >>> from pathlib import Path >>> >>> target = Path('/tmp/tmp/target') >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> src = Path('/tmp/tmp/src') >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> src.symlink_to(target) Actual: ------- Permission error shows reversed order: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/opt/rh/rh-python38/root/usr/lib64/python3.8/pathlib.py", line 1382, in symlink_to if self._closed: File "/opt/rh/rh-python38/root/usr/lib64/python3.8/pathlib.py", line 445, in symlink def symlink(a, b, target_is_directory): PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/tmp/target' -> '/tmp/tmp/src' Expected: --------- Same as os.symlink the permission error should show the right symlink order: >>> import os >>> >>> os.symlink(str(src), str(target)) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/tmp/src' -> '/tmp/tmp/target' ---------- messages: 401996 nosy: dfntlymaybe priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Misleading error message when pathlib.Path.symlink_to() fails with permissions error type: behavior versions: Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue45226> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com