[Patches] [ python-Patches-1695229 ] tarfile bug when opening a file directly

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Patches item #1695229, was opened at 2007-04-05 21:49
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Category: Library (Lib)
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Arve Knudsen (arve_knudsen)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: tarfile bug when opening a file directly

Initial Comment:
The tarfile.open function supports two ways of opening a file, either indirectly by specifying its name (parameter 'name') or by passing an open file object (parameter 'fileobj'). If one only passes a file object however an exception is raised, since on line 1047 TarFile.__init__ passes the filename to os.path.abspath, regardless of whether it is None or not.

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