[issue19974] tarfile doesn't overwrite symlink by directory

[Antony Mayi]

New submission from Antony Mayi:

tarfile.py compared to GNU tar doesn't overwrite existing symlink with directory of same name if such directory exists in the extracted tarball.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 206066
nosy: antonymayi
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: tarfile doesn't overwrite symlink by directory
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.3

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