[issue8741] 2.7 regression in tarfile: IOError: link could not be created

[Sridhar Ratnakumar]

Sridhar Ratnakumar <sridharr at activestate.com> added the comment:

Thanks - just a suggestion: it may be a good idea to add a test case for this makelink emulation code.

Also, any thoughts on raising (a derived class of) TarError instead of IOError?

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