[ python-Bugs-1525866 ] Bug in shutil.copytree on Windows

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Bugs item #1525866, was opened at 2006-07-20 15:00
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Mike Foord (mjfoord)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Bug in shutil.copytree on Windows

Initial Comment:
The problem is that the call to 'copystat(src, dst)'
was added to the shutil.copytree function, in svn
r38363 probably.  It will fail always on Windows, since
os.utime does not work on directories.

I guess that a patch similar to this one should fix it:

Index: shutil.py
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--- shutil.py	(Revision 50710)
+++ shutil.py	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -127,7 +127,12 @@
         # continue with other files
         except Error, err:
             errors.extend(err.args[0])
-    copystat(src, dst)
+    try:
+        copystat(src, dst)
+    except WindowsError:
+        pass
+    except OSError, err:
+        errors.extend(err.args[0])
     if errors:
         raise Error, errors

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2006-07-20 18:14

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Can you also come up with a patch to the test suite?

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