On 5/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tim Peters</b> <<a href="mailto:tim.peters@gmail.com">tim.peters@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
[Tim]<br>> "Something went wrong" here on Windows. The Windows buildbot slaves<br>> other than mine eventually died with:<br>><br>> """<br>> ...<br>> test_tarfile<br>><br>> command timed out: 1200 seconds without output
<br>> """:<br>><br>> I was working on my box at the time, and it became dramatically<br>> unusable: took about two minutes just to swap enough of the OS back<br>> in to _bring up_ Task Manager to see what was going on. ...
<br><br>OK, I fixed that, but unfortunately the checkin comment was correct:<br><br> The Windows buildbot slaves shouldn't swap themselves to death<br> anymore. However, test_tarfile may still fail because of a<br>
temp directory left behind from a previous failing run.<br> Windows buildbot owners may need to remove that directory<br> by hand.<br><br>I did that on my box, and test_tarfile passes there now, but<br>test_tarfile is still failing on other Windows slaves;
e.g.,<br><br><a href="http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/x86%20W2k%20trunk/builds/694/step-test/0">http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/x86%20W2k%20trunk/builds/694/step-test/0</a><br><br>...<br><br>WindowsError: [Error 183] Cannot create a file when that file already exists:
<br> 'c:\\docume~1\\trentm~1.act\\locals~1\\temp\\testtar.dir\\directory'<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>
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Ignorant question probably, but why can't the test just check for the directory first, and remove it if it exists?<br>
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-Brett<br>