Issue #13772: In os.symlink() under Windows, do not try to guess the link
authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:59:28 +0000 (08:59 +0100)
committerAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:59:28 +0000 (08:59 +0100)
commit5311c1d7ab24f862b9b0bb272a9aee9c4f4ac023
treeaef57f35c7e9b616acf4597f63a8165e0d55491f
parent3b65fd7e9784967567e66bd67e9205cbb0d53d3a
Issue #13772: In os.symlink() under Windows, do not try to guess the link
target's type (file or directory).  The detection was buggy and made the
call non-atomic (therefore prone to race conditions).
Doc/library/os.rst
Lib/test/test_os.py
Misc/NEWS
Modules/posixmodule.c