tarfile chokes on reading .tar file with no entries (but does fine if the same file is bzip2'ed)
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Description
| BPO | 29760 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @gustaebel, @posita |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2017-03-08.19:32:09.906>
labels = ['3.7', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = "tarfile chokes on reading .tar file with no entries (but does fine if the same file is bzip2'ed)"
updated_at = <Date 2017-03-10.23:00:48.734>
user = 'https://github.com/posita'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2017-03-10.23:00:48.734>
actor = 'posita'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2017-03-08.19:32:09.906>
creator = 'posita'
dependencies = []
files = ['46712', '46719']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 29760
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 5.0
messages = ['289253', '289265', '289408', '289409', '289417']
nosy_count = 2.0
nosy_names = ['lars.gustaebel', 'posita']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue29760'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7']
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure described for an empty .tar archive and compare it with the attached tarfail.tar.bz2 case. Read the historical tarfile.patch for context, then verify that tarfile handles both archive forms consistently without choking on an archive with no entries.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100