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gh-151987: Pass filter_function to TarFile._extract_one() during .extract() #151988

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Pass filter_function to TarFile._extract_one() during .extract()
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Use os_helper for temporary directory
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Add test for filtering the hardlink targed
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Use helpers for tests
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Skip test if mocked functions are unavailable
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Add test for filtering the hardlink targed
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encukou committed Jun 23, 2026
commit 4318869913d426acb1eb7bd0ea58b3181dd38d15
19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
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Expand Up @@ -4403,6 +4403,25 @@ def test_chown_links_on_extractall(self):
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mock_lchown.assert_not_called()

def test_extract_filters_target(self):
# Test that when extract() falls back to extracting (rather than
# linking) a hardlink target, it filters the target.
with ArchiveMaker() as arc:
arc.add("target")
arc.add("link", hardlink_to="target")
def testing_filter(member, path):
if member.name == 'target':
# target: set read-only
return member.replace(mode=stat.S_IRUSR)
# link: don't overwrite the mode
return member.replace(mode=None)
tempdir = pathlib.Path(TEMPDIR) / 'extract'
with os_helper.temp_dir(tempdir), arc.open() as tar:
tar.extract("link", path=tempdir, filter=testing_filter)
path = tempdir / 'link'
if os_helper.can_chmod():
self.assertFalse(path.stat().st_mode & stat.S_IWUSR)

def test_link_fallback_normalizes(self):
# Make sure hardlink fallbacks work for non-normalized paths for all
# filters
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