New submission from Henrik ravn :
When doing the following with python 2.6.2 on Windows Vista SP1:
>>> import tarfile
>>> tf = tarfile.TarFile("sometarfile.tar.bz2")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
tf = tarfile.TarFile("sometarfile.tar.bz2")
File "C:\Python26\lib\tarfile.py", line 1570, in __init__
self.firstmember = self.next()
File "C:\Python26\lib\tarfile.py", line 2322, in next
raise ReadError(str(e))
ReadError: invalid header
This would, of course, suggest that the file was corrupted, but all
archiving tools (tar, winrar and 7-zip) handle the file without
problems.
Also:
>>> tf = tarfile.TarFile("sometarfile.tar.bz2", "r:bz2")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
tf = tarfile.TarFile("e:/mono/mono-2.4.2.2.tar.bz2", "r:bz2")
File "C:\Python26\lib\tarfile.py", line 1510, in __init__
raise ValueError("mode must be 'r', 'a' or 'w'")
ValueError: mode must be 'r', 'a' or 'w'
which suggests that the compression support is not compiled into the
tarfile module.
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 90724
nosy: hravnx
severity: normal
status: open
title: tarfile module missing decompression support?
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6
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