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-rw-r--r--Lib/tarfile.py4
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_tarfile.py9
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index ab74cc5925..b678185c2e 100644
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -2284,10 +2284,6 @@ class TarFile(object):
"""
if not hasattr(os, 'utime'):
return
- if sys.platform == "win32" and tarinfo.isdir():
- # According to msdn.microsoft.com, it is an error (EACCES)
- # to use utime() on directories.
- return
try:
os.utime(targetpath, (tarinfo.mtime, tarinfo.mtime))
except EnvironmentError, e:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index 7e4fd25cf0..f5c9ed434e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -256,17 +256,14 @@ class MiscReadTest(ReadTest):
def test_extractall(self):
# Test if extractall() correctly restores directory permissions
# and times (see issue1735).
- if sys.platform == "win32":
- # Win32 has no support for utime() on directories or
- # fine grained permissions.
- return
-
tar = tarfile.open(tarname, encoding="iso8859-1")
directories = [t for t in tar if t.isdir()]
tar.extractall(TEMPDIR, directories)
for tarinfo in directories:
path = os.path.join(TEMPDIR, tarinfo.name)
- self.assertEqual(tarinfo.mode & 0777, os.stat(path).st_mode & 0777)
+ if sys.platform != "win32":
+ # Win32 has no support for fine grained permissions.
+ self.assertEqual(tarinfo.mode & 0777, os.stat(path).st_mode & 0777)
self.assertEqual(tarinfo.mtime, os.path.getmtime(path))
tar.close()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 93b69143cb..f65578f90f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #4616: TarFile.utime(): Restore directory times on Windows.
+
- Issue #4483: _dbm module now builds on systems with gdbm & gdbm_compat
libs.