New submission from Tom Hale <t...@hale.ee>:
Here is a minimal test case: ========================================================== #!/bin/bash cd /tmp || exit 1 dir=test-copy_tree src=$dir/src dst=$dir/dst mkdir -p "$src" touch "$src"/file ln -s file "$src/symlink" python -c "from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree; copy_tree('$src', '$dst', preserve_symlinks=1, update=1); copy_tree('$src', '$dst', preserve_symlinks=1, update=1);" rm -r "$dir" ========================================================== Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 3, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/dir_util.py", line 152, in copy_tree os.symlink(link_dest, dst_name) FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: 'file' -> 'test-copy_tree/dst/symlink' ========================================================== Related: ========= This issue will likely be resolved via: bpo-36656 Add race-free os.link and os.symlink wrapper / helper https://bugs.python.org/issue36656 (WIP under discussion at python-mentor) Prior art: =========== https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53090360/python-distutils-copy-tree-fails-to-update-if-there-are-symlinks ---------- messages: 372449 nosy: Tom Hale priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: distutils.dir_util.copy_tree FileExistsError when updating symlinks _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue41134> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com