bug #851123: shutil.copyfile will raise an exception when trying to copy a file

onto a link to itself. Thanks Gregory Ball.

bug #851123: shutil.copyfile will raise an exception when trying to copy a file
onto a link to itself. Thanks Gregory Ball.
9d134b73 · Johannes Gijsbers · 68128715 · 9d134b73
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+- bug #851123: shutil.copyfile will raise an exception when trying to copy a
+  file onto a link to itself. Thanks Gregory Ball.
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 - bug #570300: Fix inspect to resolve file locations using os.path.realpath()
  so as to properly list all functions in a module when the module itself is
  reached through a symlink.  Thanks Johannes Gijsbers.