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GeezerVison is showing github.com — gh-149879: Fix test_tarfile on Cygwin by vstinner · Pull Request #149897 · python/cpython

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@vstinner vstinner commented May 15, 2026 •
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On Cygwin, there is no root user (uid 0).

  • Issue: Enhance Cygwin support #149879

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pythongh-149879: Fix test_tarfile on Cygwin
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On Cygwin, there is no root user (uid 0).
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vstinner requested a review from ethanfurman as a code owner May 15, 2026 18:59
@vstinner vstinner added the skip news label May 15, 2026
@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot added the tests Tests in the Lib/test dir label May 15, 2026
@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot mentioned this pull request May 15, 2026
Enhance Cygwin support #149879
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@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot added the awaiting core review label May 15, 2026
vstinner added 2 commits May 15, 2026 21:08
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Fix also test_realpath_limit_attack()
2e68342 
Fix test_realpath_limit_attack(): the test fails with ELOOP on
Cygwin.
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Revert useless change
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vstinner enabled auto-merge (squash) May 15, 2026 20:23
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vstinner merged commit c92ef3a into python:main May 15, 2026
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vstinner deleted the test_tarfile branch May 15, 2026 20:49
@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot removed the awaiting core review label May 15, 2026
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