[Python-3000] Py3k: error during 'make install' in py3k-struni ?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>>> Afther checking out the py3k-struni branch, 'make install' issued this:
>>>
>>> Compiling /usr/local/python/3.0/lib/python3.0/test/test_tarfile.py ...
>>> *** SyntaxError: ('expected string, bytes found',
>>> ('/usr/local/python/3.0/lib/python3.0/test/test_tarfile.py', 0, 0,
>>> None))
>>>
>>> If this is expected to fail, please forget this.
> 
> It should not faild but we know that it is failing. The module isn't
> easy to fix either. I spent about an hour on tarfile.py without any
> luck. It's a beast and seems to be rather old style code from the Python
> 1.x days.

Don't despair, the white knight in shining armor might not be too far
away to safe you from the dragon :-)

Seriously, Lars Gustäbel (CC'ed) has always been quite helpful in
fixing whatever problem arise with the tarfile module.

Lars, do you have a chance to look at porting the
module to 3k/struni?

Regards,
Martin