[issue9065] tarfile: default root:root ownership is incorrect.

Lars Gustäbel added the comment: Fixed in r85211 (py3k), r85212 (release31-maint), r85213 (release27-maint). Thank you for the report. -- resolution: -> accepted stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed type: -> behavior ___ Python tra

[issue9065] tarfile: default root:root ownership is incorrect.

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[issue9065] tarfile: default root:root ownership is incorrect.

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[issue9065] tarfile: default root:root ownership is incorrect.

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[issue9065] tarfile: default root:root ownership is incorrect.

New submission from Justin Bronder : According to the tar spec [1], uname/gname should only be filled when they have successfully been resolved from the uid/gid. The tarfile module incorrectly defaults to root:root in this case. A patch against svn trunk r82183 is included. All tarfile unit te