[issue1669] shutil.rmtree fails on symlink, after deleting contents

[Georg Brandl]

Georg Brandl added the comment:

Committed a variant of the last patch in r60139; it now raises OSError
like all other functions that are used in rmtree(). Added docs and tests.

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nosy: +georg.brandl
resolution:  -> fixed
status: open -> closed

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