glob.glob with ** does not always detect symlink loops
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Description
| BPO | 43875 |
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created_at = <Date 2021-04-16.20:08:18.994>
labels = ['library', '3.9']
title = 'glob.glob with ** does not always detect symlink loops'
updated_at = <Date 2021-04-16.20:10:06.645>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/rrt'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue43875'
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported symlink-loop case through Python's glob.glob with recursive ** patterns. Then inspect the glob library implementation and its existing tests; done means recursive globbing consistently detects and handles symlink loops without the reported miss.
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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
- 25/100