gh-82814: fix shutil access error on WSL (#103790)

gh-82814: Adds `errno.EACCES` to the list of ignored errors on `_copyxattr`. EPERM and EACCES are different constants but in general should be treated the same. News entry authored by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>
python · Apr 25, 2023 · 3df3b91 · 3df3b91
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diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ def _copyxattr(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True):
                 os.setxattr(dst, name, value, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
             except OSError as e:
                 if e.errno not in (errno.EPERM, errno.ENOTSUP, errno.ENODATA,
-                                   errno.EINVAL):
+                                   errno.EINVAL, errno.EACCES):
                     raise
 else:
     def _copyxattr(*args, **kwargs):

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2023-04-24-15-51-11.gh-issue-82814.GI3UkZ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2023-04-24-15-51-11.gh-issue-82814.GI3UkZ.rst
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+Fix a potential ``[Errno 13] Permission denied`` when using :func:`shutil.copystat`
+within Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on a mounted filesystem by adding
+``errno.EACCES`` to the list of ignored errors within the internal implementation.