shutil.move raises OSError when copystat fails

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Start with shutil.move and the historical shutil.py.diff mentioned in the issue, then review linked PRs gh-141697 and gh-142098 before making changes. The issue reports an OSError when copystat fails; use the existing discussion and PR state to determine the accepted behavior and how completion should be validated.

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Description

stdlib type-bug
BPO 1438480
Nosy @merwok, @websurfer5, @Eshan Singhal
Files
  • shutil.py.diff: Fix copy2/copy
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2006-02-25.05:26:29.000>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
title = 'shutil.move raises OSError when copystat fails'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-26.15:58:26.319>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/piman'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-12-26.15:58:26.319>
actor = 'ajaksu2'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2006-02-25.05:26:29.000>
creator = 'piman'
dependencies = []
files = ['1911']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 1438480
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 6.0
messages = ['27612', '27613', '27614', '141827', '221789', '358270']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['thomaswaldmann', 'piman', 'eric.araujo', 'Jeffrey.Kintscher', 'eshan-singhal']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1438480'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

    Linked PRs
    • gh-141697
    • gh-142098
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