gh-154308: Clear file flags in os_helper.rmtree() (GH-154310)

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1f649fecb645d70b9c48268839e4177d8fe4e1d1
commit: 1f649fecb645d70b9c48268839e4177d8fe4e1d1
branch: main
author: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]>
committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]>
date: 2026-07-20T22:47:43Z
summary:

gh-154308: Clear file flags in os_helper.rmtree() (GH-154310)

On BSD systems a test may leave behind files or directories with flags
such as UF_IMMUTABLE or UF_NOUNLINK set, which prevent the directory from
being modified or removed.  Clear the flags before removing, so cleaning
up a temporary directory does not fail.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>

files:
M Lib/test/support/os_helper.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/support/os_helper.py b/Lib/test/support/os_helper.py
index 2c45fe2369ec36..daf6060940e97f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/os_helper.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/os_helper.py
@@ -467,12 +467,23 @@ def _rmtree(path):
 
         def _rmtree_inner(path):
             from test.support import _force_run
+            # Clear file flags (e.g. UF_IMMUTABLE, UF_NOUNLINK on BSD).
+            if hasattr(os, 'chflags'):
+                try:
+                    os.chflags(path, 0)
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
             for name in _force_run(path, os.listdir, path):
                 fullname = os.path.join(path, name)
                 try:
                     mode = os.lstat(fullname).st_mode
                 except OSError:
                     mode = 0
+                if hasattr(os, 'lchflags'):
+                    try:
+                        os.lchflags(fullname, 0)
+                    except OSError:
+                        pass
                 if stat.S_ISDIR(mode):
                     _rmtree_inner(fullname)
                     _force_run(path, os.rmdir, fullname)

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