[New-bugs-announce] [issue28764] test_mailbox fails when run as a non-root user on Android API 24

[Xavier de Gaye]

New submission from Xavier de Gaye:

The patch fixes the problem that on Android API 24, a non-root user is not allowed to create the hard links used by the mailbox module.
Related to issue 28759.

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assignee: xdegaye
components: Library (Lib)
files: test_mailbox_link.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 281364
nosy: xdegaye
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: patch review
status: open
title: test_mailbox fails when run as a non-root user on Android API 24
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file45588/test_mailbox_link.patch

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