Add NEWS and whatsnew entries

dnicolodi · dnicolodi · commit 52b2be0ff507 · 2026-06-24T23:51:42.000+02:00
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
@@ -1541,6 +1541,9 @@ tarfile
   now replace slashes with backslashes in symlink targets on Windows to prevent
   creation of corrupted links.
   (Contributed by Christoph Walcher in :gh:`57911`.)
+* :func:`~tarfile.TarFile.gettarinfo` now replaces backslashes with slashes in
+  symlink targets on Windows to conform to the tar format standard. (Contributed
+  by Daniele Nicolodi in :gh:`151669`.)
 
 
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-24-23-28-42.gh-issue-151669.tPUavQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-24-23-28-42.gh-issue-151669.tPUavQ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+On Windows, when populating tar archives from filesystem content, to
+conform to the tar format standard, backslashes in symlink targets are
+be replaced by slashes.

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	`1`	`+On Windows, when populating tar archives from filesystem content, to`
	`2`	`+conform to the tar format standard, backslashes in symlink targets are`
	`3`	`+be replaced by slashes.`