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-rw-r--r--Lib/gzip.py4
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_gzip.py6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/gzip.py b/Lib/gzip.py
index b2bbeda..9e198c7 100644
--- a/Lib/gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/gzip.py
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ class GzipFile:
def __init__(self, filename=None, mode=None,
compresslevel=9, fileobj=None):
+ # guarantee the file is opened in binary mode on platforms
+ # that care about that sort of thing
+ if mode and 'b' not in mode:
+ mode += 'b'
if fileobj is None:
fileobj = self.myfileobj = __builtin__.open(filename, mode or 'rb')
if filename is None:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
index a5660a9..d42dee6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ data2 = """/* zlibmodule.c -- gzip-compatible data compression */
f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'wb') ; f.write(data1 * 50) ; f.close()
-f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'rb') ; d = f.read() ; f.close()
+f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'r') ; d = f.read() ; f.close()
verify(d == data1*50)
# Append to the previous file
@@ -75,4 +75,8 @@ for pos in range(0, 256, 16):
f.write('GZ\n')
f.close()
+f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'r')
+verify(f.myfileobj.mode == 'rb')
+f.close()
+
os.unlink(filename)