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Calling `ZipFile.mkdir()` on a new `ZipInfo` object gets an attribute error

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Description

Bug report

Bug description:
with zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(), 'w') as zh:
    zinfo = zipfile.ZipInfo('mydir/')
    zh.mkdir(zinfo)

The above code raises AttributeError: 'zipfile.ZipInfo' object has no attribute 'CRC'.

CPython versions tested on:

3.14

Operating systems tested on:

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Linked PRs
  • gh-154198

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Research direction

Reproduce the failure with the provided ZipFile.mkdir() and new ZipInfo example, then inspect the ZipFile.mkdir entry point and the linked PR gh-154198. Done means the example completes without AttributeError and regression coverage verifies creating the directory entry from a new ZipInfo object.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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