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Inconsistent behavior of zipapp.create_archive #156568
Description
Bug report
Bug description:
Currently, zipapp.create_archive makes the target application archive executable only if target is a str. (see snippets bellow).
I think the target application archive should be made executable also when target is os.PathLike.
# source.py
print("Hello from pyz")# bug_reproduction.py
import os
import pathlib
import zipapp
import sys
zipapp.create_archive("source.py", "source.pyz")
zipapp.create_archive(
pathlib.Path("source.pyz"),
pathlib.Path("copy.pyz"),
interpreter=sys.executable,
)
zipapp.create_archive("source.pyz", "copy2.pyz", interpreter=sys.executable)
assert os.access("copy2.pyz", os.X_OK) # Passes
assert os.access("copy.pyz", os.X_OK) # FailsCPython versions tested on:
CPython main branch, commit b0c9fc3
Operating systems tested on:
Linux
Linked PRs
- gh-156568: Make zipapp archives executable with PathLike targets #156569
- [3.15] gh-156568: Make zipapp archives executable with PathLike targets (gh-156569) #159404
- [3.14] gh-156568: Make zipapp archives executable with PathLike targets (gh-156569) #159405
- [3.13] gh-156568: Make zipapp archives executable with PathLike targets (gh-156569) #159406
Activity
[-]Inconsistent behavior of zipapp.create_archive[/-][+]Inconsistent behavior of `zipapp.create_archive`[/+]eoan-ermine commentedon Aug 29, 2026
If this behavior is considered a bug, I’d be happy to submit a fix.
pythongh-156568: Fix zipapp._copy_archive not setting executable bit …
Merge branch 'main' into pythongh-156568
gh-156568: Make zipapp archives executable with PathLike targets (gh-…
[3.15] gh-156568: Make zipapp archives executable with PathLike targe…
[3.14] gh-156568: Make zipapp archives executable with PathLike targe…