tempfile doesn't seem to play nicely with os.chdir on Windows
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Description
| BPO | 42796 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @tiran, @eryksun, @P403n1x87 |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2020-12-31.15:44:22.972>
labels = ['library', '3.9', 'type-crash']
title = "tempfile doesn't seem to play nicely with os.chdir on Windows"
updated_at = <Date 2021-01-01.14:27:04.189>
user = 'https://github.com/P403n1x87'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2021-01-01.14:27:04.189>
actor = 'eryksun'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2020-12-31.15:44:22.972>
creator = 'Gabriele Tornetta'
dependencies = []
files = ['49712']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 42796
keywords = []
message_count = 5.0
messages = ['384125', '384165', '384166', '384168', '384172']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['christian.heimes', 'eryksun', 'Gabriele Tornetta']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'crash'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue42796'
versions = ['Python 3.9']
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Research direction
Start with the attached tempfile_st.txt stack trace and reproduce the tempfile/os.chdir interaction on Windows. Read the tempfile and os.chdir behavior involved, then verify that the reported crash no longer occurs under the affected Python 3.9 scenario.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100