already verified in .frombuf() on the lines above. If there was
a problem an exception is raised, so there was no way this condition
could have been true.
try:
tarinfo = TarInfo.frombuf(buf)
- # We shouldn't rely on this checksum, because some tar programs
- # calculate it differently and it is merely validating the
- # header block. We could just as well skip this part, which would
- # have a slight effect on performance...
- if tarinfo.chksum not in calc_chksums(buf):
- self._dbg(1, "tarfile: Bad Checksum %r" % tarinfo.name)
-
# Set the TarInfo object's offset to the current position of the
# TarFile and set self.offset to the position where the data blocks
# should begin.