cpython/Misc
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bpo-30088: Document that existing dir structure isn't verified by mailbox.Maildir (GH-1163)
Hi,

I've faced an issue w/ `mailbox.Maildir()`. The case is following:
1. I create a folder with `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()`, so it's empty
2. I pass that folder path as an argument when instantiating `mailbox.Maildir()`
3. Then I receive an exception happening because "there's no such file or directory" (namely `cur`, `tmp` or `new`) during interaction with Maildir

**Expected result:** subdirs are created during `Maildir()` instance creation.

**Actual result:** subdirs are assumed as existing which leads to exceptions during use.

**Workaround:** remove the actual dir before passing the path to `Maildir()`. It will be created automatically with all subdirs needed.

**Fix:** This PR. Basically it adds creation of subdirs regardless of whether the base dir existed before.

https://bugs.python.org/issue30088
(cherry picked from commit e44184749c)

Co-authored-by: Sviatoslav Sydorenko <wk@sydorenko.org.ua>
2019-07-13 07:59:32 -07:00
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NEWS.d bpo-30088: Document that existing dir structure isn't verified by mailbox.Maildir (GH-1163) 2019-07-13 07:59:32 -07:00
ACKS bpo-30088: Document that existing dir structure isn't verified by mailbox.Maildir (GH-1163) 2019-07-13 07:59:32 -07:00
HISTORY
Porting
README
README.AIX
README.coverity
README.valgrind
SpecialBuilds.txt
coverity_model.c
gdbinit
indent.pro
python-config.in bpo-36508: python-config don't export LINKFORSHARED (GH-12661) (GH-12748) 2019-04-16 15:01:33 +02:00
python-config.sh.in bpo-36508: python-config don't export LINKFORSHARED (GH-12661) (GH-12748) 2019-04-16 15:01:33 +02:00
python-wing3.wpr
python-wing4.wpr
python-wing5.wpr
python.man closes bpo-36083: Fix formatting of the manpage Synopsis. (GH-12017) 2019-02-24 16:56:13 -08:00
python.pc.in
svnmap.txt
valgrind-python.supp
vgrindefs

README

Python Misc subdirectory
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This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere.  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
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ACKS                    Acknowledgements
gdbinit                 Handy stuff to put in your .gdbinit file, if you use gdb
HISTORY                 News from previous releases -- oldest last
indent.pro              GNU indent profile approximating my C style
NEWS                    News for this release (for some meaning of "this")
Porting                 Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
python-config.in        Python script template for python-config
python.man              UNIX man page for the python interpreter
python.pc.in            Package configuration info template for pkg-config
python-wing*.wpr        Wing IDE project file
README                  The file you're reading now
README.AIX              Information about using Python on AIX
README.coverity         Information about running Coverity's Prevent on Python
README.valgrind         Information for Valgrind users, see valgrind-python.supp
SpecialBuilds.txt       Describes extra symbols you can set for debug builds
svnmap.txt              Map of old SVN revs and branches to hg changeset ids,
                        help history-digging
valgrind-python.supp    Valgrind suppression file, see README.valgrind
vgrindefs               Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)