[New-bugs-announce] [issue8978] "tarfile.ReadError: file could not be opened successfully" if compiled without zlib

[Florent Xicluna]

New submission from Florent Xicluna <florent.xicluna at gmail.com>:

When Python is compiled without zlib support, the error message is not very helpful when trying to untar an archive.

>>> tarfile.open('sample.tar.gz')
tarfile.ReadError: file could not be opened successfully

It happens when you run "python distribute_setup.py", for example.
 ( http://s3.pixane.com/pip_distribute.png )

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components: Extension Modules
messages: 107587
nosy: flox
priority: low
severity: normal
status: open
title: "tarfile.ReadError: file could not be opened successfully" if compiled without zlib
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2

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