open('.', 'rb') on python 2.3

[Tim Peters]

[Arkadiusz Miskiewicz]
> [root at maja rdiff-backup]# python
> Python 2.3 (#1, Jul 31 2003, 10:41:08)
> [GCC 3.3 (PLD Linux)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import os
>>>> fp = open('.', 'rb')
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory
> 
>
> but works in 2.2
> [arekm at perfo arekm]$ python
> Python 2.2.2 (#1, Dec 28 2002, 23:32:35)
> [GCC 2.95.4 20010319 (prerelease)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import os
>>>> fp = open('.', 'rb')
>>>> 
> 
> Is that bug, bugfix, change in python 2.3? (patch of course welcome)
>
> System is Linux 2.4.21, glibc 2.3.2, filesystem ext3, xfs.

Bugfix; see

    http://www.python.org/sf/487277