bpo-18819: tarfile: only set device fields for device files (GH-18080) #244
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The GNU docs describe the `devmajor` and `devminor` fields of the tar header struct only in the context of character and block special files, suggesting that in other cases they are not populated. Typical utilities behave accordingly; this patch teaches `tarfile` to do the same.
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The GNU docs describe the
devmajoranddevminorfields of the tarheader struct only in the context of character and block special files,
suggesting that in other cases they are not populated. Typical utilities
behave accordingly; this patch teaches
tarfileto do the same.