[issue6050] zipfile: Extracting a directory that already exists generates an OSError

Ezio Melotti added the comment: #9172 has been closed as duplicate of this. -- nosy: +ezio.melotti stage: -> committed/rejected type: -> behavior ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue6050] zipfile: Extracting a directory that already exists generates an OSError

Changes by Martin v. Löwis : -- assignee: -> loewis nosy: +loewis priority: -> release blocker ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs

[issue6050] zipfile: Extracting a directory that already exists generates an OSError

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Thanks for the patch. Committed with modifications (including a test) as r72893, r72894, r72895, r72896. -- resolution: -> accepted status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue6050] zipfile: Extracting a directory that already exists generates an OSError

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: It would be nice to have a test with the patch. -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue6050] zipfile: Extracting a directory that already exists generates an OSError

New submission from Joe Amenta : zipfile.ZipFile.extract() fails if targetpath is a directory that already exists. Bug revealed itself on Ubuntu, using extractall(). Happened on the latest 3.1 and 2.7. Attached a patch that I think will fix this issue. -- components: Library (Lib) fil