New submission from Rob nelson <veaviti...@gmail.com>:
The ignore_dangling_symlinks attribute in shutil.copytree is not passed down recursively, resulting in dangling symlinks located anywhere other than the root of the source tree to raise an error. The line causing the error for 3.9: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/v3.8.0/Lib/shutil.py#L486 Trivial patches and an improved test case for: 3.7: https://github.com/veaviticus/cpython/commit/a662ae8a3f85380ec76ed3dfbc778aad8c5ac37a 3.8: https://github.com/veaviticus/cpython/commit/64f72c7196243bd3e2cf4136ebbb9f9ffe206750 3.9: https://github.com/veaviticus/cpython/commit/e55dd12e558443c350d241d87bf17dfc322dbfcf ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 354924 nosy: veaviticus priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: ignore_dangling_symlinks in shutil.copytree does not apply recursively versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue38523> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
