[issue11638] python setup.py sdist --formats tar* crashes if version is unicode

[Lars Gustäbel]

Lars Gustäbel <lars at gustaebel.de> added the comment:

Is there a good reason why the tarfile mode that is used is "w|gz"? It seems to me that this is not necessary, "w:gz" should be enough. "w|gz" is for special operations only (see the tarfile docs).

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nosy: +lars.gustaebel
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file24065/distutils_tarfile_fix.diff

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