os.walk always follows Windows junctions

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Start with the os.walk entry point and read the linked issue23407 patches, especially in light of the dependency on bpo-29248. Confirm the intended Windows junction behavior and identify the relevant test coverage before making changes; done means the agreed junction behavior is covered and works on Windows.

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Description

3.10 3.8 (EOL) 3.9 (EOL) OS-windows stdlib type-feature
BPO 23407
Nosy @tjguk, @zware, @eryksun, @zooba, @jamercee, @efahl
Dependencies
  • bpo-29248: os.readlink fails on Windows
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    Files
  • issue23407.patch
  • issue23407-2.patch
  • issue23407-3.patch
  • issue23407-4.patch
  • issue23407-5.patch
    		•

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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-02-07.20:59:23.788>
labels = ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'type-feature', 'library', 'OS-windows']
title = 'os.walk always follows Windows junctions'
updated_at = <Date 2021-05-02.08:29:08.115>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/craigh'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-05-02.08:29:08.115>
actor = 'eryksun'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2015-02-07.20:59:23.788>
creator = 'craigh'
dependencies = ['29248']
files = ['44823', '44824', '46289', '46291', '46718']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 23407
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 16.0
messages = ['235531', '235533', '277385', '277389', '277393', '285273', '285301', '285351', '285355', '285458', '285486', '285488', '285499', '356677', '356882', '392674']
nosy_count = 7.0
nosy_names = ['tim.golden', 'craigh', 'zach.ware', 'eryksun', 'steve.dower', 'jamercee', 'eric.fahlgren']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue23407'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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