New submission from Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis:
Since d4eb02b6aac9 py_compile.compile() replaces target files, breaking special
files and symlinks. Any custom permissions set on target files are also lost.
This is a major regression.
# cd /tmp
# touch test.py
# ls -l /dev/null
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Feb 17 21:16 /dev/null
# python3.3 -c 'import py_compile; py_compile.compile("test.py",
cfile="/dev/null")'
# ls -l /dev/null
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Feb 17 21:16 /dev/null
# python3.4 -c 'import py_compile; py_compile.compile("test.py",
cfile="/dev/null")'
# ls -l /dev/null
-rw-r----- 1 root root 102 Feb 17 21:53 /dev/null
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messages: 182283
nosy: Arfrever, brett.cannon, eric.snow, ncoghlan
priority: high
severity: normal
status: open
title: py_compile.compile() replaces target files, breaking special files and
symlinks
versions: Python 3.4
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