shutils should consider symlinks -Khem Upstream-Status: Pending --- a/Lib/shutil.py 2013-01-29 12:31:06.926555779 -0800 +++ b/Lib/shutil.py 2013-01-29 16:31:39.097554182 -0800 @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def copymode(src, dst, *, follow_symlink st = stat_func(src) chmod_func(dst, stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode)) -if hasattr(os, 'listxattr'): +if hasattr(os, 'listxattr') and os.listxattr in os.supports_follow_symlinks: def _copyxattr(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True): """Copy extended filesystem attributes from `src` to `dst`.