Method _test_link_extraction

Lib/test/test_tarfile.py:3100–3104

(self, name)

    # symbolic or hard links tarfile tries to extract these types of members
    # as the regular files they point to.
    def _test_link_extraction(self, name):
        self.tar.extract(name, TEMPDIR, filter='fully_trusted')
        with open(os.path.join(TEMPDIR, name), "rb") as f:
            data = f.read()
        self.assertEqual(sha256sum(data), sha256_regtype)

    # See issues #1578269, #8879, and #17689 for some history on these skips
    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(os.path, "islink"),