add whatsnew entry

wiomoc · wiomoc · commit c04488a046b6 · 2025-09-03T17:39:22.000+02:00
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
@@ -463,6 +463,10 @@ tarfile
   :func:`~tarfile.TarFile.errorlevel` is zero.
   (Contributed by Matt Prodani and Petr Viktorin in :gh:`112887`
   and :cve:`2025-4435`.)
+* :func:`~tarfile.TarFile.extract` and :func:`~tarfile.TarFile.extractall`
+  now replace slashes by backslashes in symlink targets on Windows to prevent
+  creation of corrupted links.
+  (Contributed by Christoph Walcher in :gh:`57911`.)
 
 
 types
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-08-31-22-10-22.gh-issue-57911.N_Ixtv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-08-31-22-10-22.gh-issue-57911.N_Ixtv.rst
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-When extracting tar files on Windows Posix flavoured path separators in symlink
-targets will be replaced by backward-slashes to prevent corrupted links.
+When extracting tar files on Windows, slashes in symlink targets will be
+replaced by backslashes to prevent corrupted links.
