[issue8978] "tarfile.ReadError: file could not be opened successfully" if compiled without zlib

[Kevin Funk]

Kevin Funk <kfunk at kde.org> added the comment:

(Sorry: I just noticed the Python 3.6 I'm using is /not/ from distro packages. The issue remains, though, the Python exception could be more descriptive.)

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