bug #851123: shutil.copyfile will raise an exception when trying to copy a file

onto a link to itself. Thanks Gregory Ball.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 019d0e8615a41f91c21d8908d02121db046d2ea5..cebee3e012885aba42306583f7dddb11da04c027 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ Extension modules
 Library
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+- bug #851123: shutil.copyfile will raise an exception when trying to copy a
+  file onto a link to itself. Thanks Gregory Ball.
+
 - bug #570300: Fix inspect to resolve file locations using os.path.realpath()
   so as to properly list all functions in a module when the module itself is
   reached through a symlink.  Thanks Johannes Gijsbers.