[issue38523] ignore_dangling_symlinks in shutil.copytree does not apply recursively

Change by Irit Katriel : -- type: -> behavior versions: +Python 3.10, Python 3.11, Python 3.9 -Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue38523] ignore_dangling_symlinks in shutil.copytree does not apply recursively

Change by Zackery Spytz : -- keywords: +patch nosy: +ZackerySpytz nosy_count: 1.0 -> 2.0 pull_requests: +21857 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/22937 ___ Python tracker

[issue38523] ignore_dangling_symlinks in shutil.copytree does not apply recursively

New submission from Rob nelson : The ignore_dangling_symlinks attribute in shutil.copytree is not passed down recursively, resulting in dangling symlinks located anywhere other than the root of the source tree to raise an error. The line causing the error for 3.9: https://github.com/python/c