[issue35483] tarfile.extractall on existing symlink in Ubuntu overwrites target file, not symlink, unlinke GNU tar

Change by Martin Panter : -- resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-

[issue35483] tarfile.extractall on existing symlink in Ubuntu overwrites target file, not symlink, unlinke GNU tar

Michael Brandl added the comment: Sounds good to me. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http

[issue35483] tarfile.extractall on existing symlink in Ubuntu overwrites target file, not symlink, unlinke GNU tar

Martin Panter added the comment: The first aspect, incorrectly assuming the OS does not support symlinks, is described at . Lars proposed a fix which will let the OS exception escape to the ca

[issue35483] tarfile.extractall on existing symlink in Ubuntu overwrites target file, not symlink, unlinke GNU tar

New submission from Michael Brandl : In Ubuntu 16.04, with python 3.5, as well as custom built 3.6 and 3.7.1: Given a file foo.txt (with content "foo") and a symlink myLink to it, packed in a tar, and a file bar.txt (with content "bar") with a symlink myLink to it, packed in another tar, u