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gh-102931: Fix nonsense error messages in shutil.py #102827

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Fix nonsense error messages in shutil.py
eric-wieser Mar 19, 2023
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Merge branch 'main' into patch-6
arhadthedev Mar 23, 2023
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion Lib/shutil.py
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Expand Up @@ -500,7 +500,11 @@ def _copytree(entries, src, dst, symlinks, ignore, copy_function,
# catch the Error from the recursive copytree so that we can
# continue with other files
except Error as err:
errors.extend(err.args[0])
if isinstance(err.args[0], list):
# this is a recursive error
errors.extend(err.args[0])
else:
errors.append((srcname, dstname, str(err)))
except OSError as why:
errors.append((srcname, dstname, str(why)))
try:
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