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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/shutil.rst12
-rw-r--r--Lib/shutil.py8
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_shutil.py15
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
4 files changed, 5 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index d019137197..8ed7e9edb1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Directory and files operations
Copy the contents (no metadata) of the file named *src* to a file named
*dst* and return *dst*. *dst* must be the complete target file name; look at
:func:`shutil.copy` for a copy that accepts a target directory path. If
- *src* and *dst* are the same files, :exc:`SameFileError` is raised.
+ *src* and *dst* are the same files, :exc:`Error` is raised.
The destination location must be writable; otherwise, an :exc:`OSError` exception
will be raised. If *dst* already exists, it will be replaced. Special files
@@ -67,16 +67,6 @@ Directory and files operations
:exc:`IOError` used to be raised instead of :exc:`OSError`.
Added *follow_symlinks* argument.
Now returns *dst*.
- Raise :exc:`SameFileError` instead of :exc:`Error`.
-
-
-.. exception:: SameFileError
-
- This exception is raised if source and destination in :func:`copyfile`
- are the same file.
-
- .. versionadded:: 3.3
-
.. function:: copymode(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True)
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index 7db9599313..a8b9f3f4cb 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ __all__ = ["copyfileobj", "copyfile", "copymode", "copystat", "copy", "copy2",
class Error(EnvironmentError):
pass
-class SameFileError(Error):
- """Raised when source and destination are the same file."""
-
class SpecialFileError(EnvironmentError):
"""Raised when trying to do a kind of operation (e.g. copying) which is
not supported on a special file (e.g. a named pipe)"""
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ def copyfile(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True):
"""
if _samefile(src, dst):
- raise SameFileError("{!r} and {!r} are the same file".format(src, dst))
+ raise Error("`%s` and `%s` are the same file" % (src, dst))
for fn in [src, dst]:
try:
@@ -218,9 +215,6 @@ def copy(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True):
If follow_symlinks is false, symlinks won't be followed. This
resembles GNU's "cp -P src dst".
- If source and destination are the same file, a SameFileError will be
- raised.
-
"""
if os.path.isdir(dst):
dst = os.path.join(dst, os.path.basename(src))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index cbca767a4c..eb0e9a4ee7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ from shutil import (_make_tarball, _make_zipfile, make_archive,
register_archive_format, unregister_archive_format,
get_archive_formats, Error, unpack_archive,
register_unpack_format, RegistryError,
- unregister_unpack_format, get_unpack_formats,
- SameFileError)
+ unregister_unpack_format, get_unpack_formats)
import tarfile
import warnings
@@ -689,7 +688,7 @@ class TestShutil(unittest.TestCase):
with open(src, 'w') as f:
f.write('cheddar')
os.link(src, dst)
- self.assertRaises(shutil.SameFileError, shutil.copyfile, src, dst)
+ self.assertRaises(shutil.Error, shutil.copyfile, src, dst)
with open(src, 'r') as f:
self.assertEqual(f.read(), 'cheddar')
os.remove(dst)
@@ -709,7 +708,7 @@ class TestShutil(unittest.TestCase):
# to TESTFN/TESTFN/cheese, while it should point at
# TESTFN/cheese.
os.symlink('cheese', dst)
- self.assertRaises(shutil.SameFileError, shutil.copyfile, src, dst)
+ self.assertRaises(shutil.Error, shutil.copyfile, src, dst)
with open(src, 'r') as f:
self.assertEqual(f.read(), 'cheddar')
os.remove(dst)
@@ -1216,14 +1215,6 @@ class TestShutil(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(rv))
self.assertEqual(read_file(src_file), read_file(dst_file))
- def test_copyfile_same_file(self):
- # copyfile() should raise SameFileError if the source and destination
- # are the same.
- src_dir = self.mkdtemp()
- src_file = os.path.join(src_dir, 'foo')
- write_file(src_file, 'foo')
- self.assertRaises(SameFileError, shutil.copyfile, src_file, src_file)
-
def test_copytree_return_value(self):
# copytree returns its destination path.
src_dir = self.mkdtemp()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7baa57fa99..4758df7dda 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
-- Issue #1492704: shutil.copyfile() raises a distinct SameFileError now if
- source and destination are the same file. Patch by Atsuo Ishimoto.
-
- Issue #15397: inspect.getmodulename() is now based directly on importlib
via a new importlib.machinery.all_suffixes() API.