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-rw-r--r--Lib/os.py8
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_os.py3
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index a8f6a0b..27b241a 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def makedirs(name, mode=0o777, exist_ok=False):
try:
makedirs(head, mode, exist_ok)
except FileExistsError:
- # be happy if someone already created the path
+ # Defeats race condition when another thread created the path
pass
cdir = curdir
if isinstance(tail, bytes):
@@ -235,8 +235,10 @@ def makedirs(name, mode=0o777, exist_ok=False):
return
try:
mkdir(name, mode)
- except OSError as e:
- if not exist_ok or e.errno != errno.EEXIST or not path.isdir(name):
+ except OSError:
+ # Cannot rely on checking for EEXIST, since the operating system
+ # could give priority to other errors like EACCES or EROFS
+ if not exist_ok or not path.isdir(name):
raise
def removedirs(name):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index 1f7e49c..e29b0d5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -971,6 +971,9 @@ class MakedirTests(unittest.TestCase):
os.makedirs(path, mode=mode, exist_ok=True)
os.umask(old_mask)
+ # Issue #25583: A drive root could raise PermissionError on Windows
+ os.makedirs(os.path.abspath('/'), exist_ok=True)
+
@unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'chown'), 'test needs os.chown')
def test_chown_uid_gid_arguments_must_be_index(self):
stat = os.stat(support.TESTFN)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e98e4a6..f82696a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #25583: Avoid incorrect errors raised by os.makedirs(exist_ok=True)
+ when the OS gives priority to errors such as EACCES over EEXIST.
+
- Issue #25593: Change semantics of EventLoop.stop() in asyncio.
- Issue #6973: When we know a subprocess.Popen process has died, do