TarFile.extract() suffers from hard links inside tarball
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Description
| BPO | 29612 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @gustaebel, @ethanfurman, @j0ack |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2017-02-21.10:10:46.770>
labels = ['3.7', '3.8', 'type-bug', 'library', '3.9']
title = 'TarFile.extract() suffers from hard links inside tarball'
updated_at = <Date 2020-01-19.18:55:54.762>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/JussiJudin'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2020-01-19.18:55:54.762>
actor = 'zach.ware'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2017-02-21.10:10:46.770>
creator = 'Jussi Judin'
dependencies = []
files = ['46658']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 29612
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 7.0
messages = ['288284', '289360', '312235', '312345', '312900', '314588', '320140']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['guettli', 'lars.gustaebel', 'ethan.furman', 'Jussi Judin', 'jtrouverie', 'Larry Cook']
pr_nums = ['5753', '8700', '16958']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue29612'
versions = ['Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9']
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the attached tartest.py reproduction and the tarfile library implementation behind TarFile.extract(). Review the existing PRs #5753, #8700, and #16958 before making changes, then add or update coverage for hard links inside a tarball and confirm the extraction behavior with the relevant test suite.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100